Wp Optin WheelWordPress extension · Studiowombat
CVE-2023-51408
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedExposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in StudioWombat WP Optin Wheel – Gamified Optin Email Marketing Tool for WordPress and WooCommerce.This issue affects WP Optin Wheel – Gamified Optin Email Marketing Tool for WordPress and WooCommerce: from n/a through 1.4.3.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThis is an information disclosure vulnerability in the WP Optin Wheel WordPress plugin. The vulnerability allows unauthenticated actors to access sensitive information that should be protected. The CVSS 7.5 score indicates significant risk with network-based exploitation, no authentication required, and high confidentiality impact.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Wp Optin WheelWordPress extension
<= 1.4.3CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check installed plugin versionGo to WordPress admin > Plugins > Installed Plugins > WP Optin Wheel, or inspect the plugin header in wp-content/plugins/wp-optin-wheel/wp-optin-wheel.php to find the Version fieldAffected if The version listed is 1.4.3 or lower
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Confirm plugin is activeVerify in WordPress admin > Plugins that WP Optin Wheel shows as 'Active'Affected if Plugin is active and version is 1.4.3 or lower
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Review access logs for suspicious requestsExamine web server access logs (Apache/nginx) for unusual GET or POST requests to /wp-content/plugins/wp-optin-wheel/ endpoints, especially those requesting configuration files, database exports, or sensitive pathsAffected if Unusual or unauthorized access patterns to plugin-related URLs are found
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Check for publicly accessible sensitive filesVerify that plugin files containing sensitive data (config files, exports, backups) are not directly accessible via web browser at common paths like /wp-content/plugins/wp-optin-wheel/*.json, *.sql, or *.xmlAffected if Sensitive plugin files are accessible without authentication
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Inspect server response headersMake an unauthenticated HTTP request to the site and check if sensitive plugin configuration or user data is returned in the response without authenticationAffected if Sensitive information is returned in HTTP responses without requiring authentication
A user is affected if the WP Optin Wheel plugin version is 1.4.3 or lower and the plugin is active on their WordPress site, enabling unauthenticated information disclosure.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate the WP Optin Wheel plugin to the latest version immediately. If no patched version is available, contact the vendor or consider disabling the plugin until a fix is released. Review access logs to determine if the vulnerability was exploited.
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Scoped from the published advisory
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- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2023-51408 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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- Verified mitigations, workarounds, and config changes
- Version or environment caveats, and links to real fixes
- No weaponised exploit code, or anything meant to cause harm
- No spam, self-promotion, credentials, or personal data