CVE-2023-52206
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 · uneditedDeserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in Live Composer Team Page Builder: Live Composer live-composer-page-builder.This issue affects Page Builder: Live Composer: from n/a through 1.5.25.
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 · low confidenceA deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability exists in the Live Composer Page Builder WordPress plugin (versions through 1.5.25). The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers (with contributor-level access or higher) to potentially execute arbitrary code by exploiting insecure deserialization of user-supplied data, likely through plugin settings or content imports.
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<= 1.5.25CVSS 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
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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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Verify the plugin is installedNavigate to WordPress Admin > Plugins, or inspect the /wp-content/plugins/ directory for a folder named 'blueastral' or 'live-composer'Affected if The Blueastral Page Builder or Live Composer plugin is present on the system
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Check the installed versionIn WordPress Admin > Plugins, view the plugin details to see the version number, or read the main plugin file header in /wp-content/plugins/blueastral/ or /wp-content/plugins/live-composer/ for the 'Version' fieldAffected if The version number is 1.5.25 or lower
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Identify user roles with contributor accessIn WordPress Admin > Users, review the role assignment for each user. Contributors and higher roles (authors, editors, administrators) can exploit this vulnerabilityAffected if Any user account has contributor-level access or higher and the vulnerable plugin is installed
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Inspect plugin settings or content importsReview any custom content imports, theme options, or plugin settings that accept serialized data. Check server access logs for POST requests to plugin-related endpoints containing serialized object patternsAffected if Serialized PHP object patterns (like O:... or a:...) are present in plugin-related request data or stored settings
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Check for unauthorized code execution indicatorsReview the /wp-content/uploads/ directory for newly created PHP files, and check for unexpected administrator accounts or scheduled tasks in wp_options tableAffected if Suspicious PHP files exist in uploads, or unauthorized admin accounts or cron jobs are present
A user is affected if the Blueastral/Live Composer Page Builder plugin version 1.5.25 or lower is installed AND at least one user account has contributor-level access or higher.
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 to the latest patched version of Live Composer if available. If no patch exists, disable the plugin until a fix is released. Implement Web Application Firewall (WAF) rules to detect and block malicious serialized object payloads targeting the affected endpoint.
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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-2023-52206 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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