CVE-2023-33923
Broken Access Control leading to Arbitrary Plugin Activation in multiple HashThemes themes
Missing Authorization vulnerability in HashThemes Viral News, HashThemes Viral, HashThemes HashOne.This issue affects Viral News: from n/a through 1.4.5; Viral: from n/a through 1.8.0; HashOne: from n/a through 1.3.0.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
4.3
Broken Access Control leading to Arbitrary Plugin Activation in multiple HashThemes themes
Missing Authorization vulnerability in HashThemes Viral News, HashThemes Viral, HashThemes HashOne.This issue affects Viral News: from n/a through 1.4.5; Viral: from n/a through 1.8.0; HashOne: from n/a through 1.3.0.
- Record
CVE-2023-33923- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-38073
4.3
Missing Authorization vulnerability in HashThemes Viral News, HashThemes Viral, HashThemes HashOne.This issue affects Viral News: from n/a through 1.4.5; Viral: from n/a through 1.8.0; HashOne: from n/a through 1.3.0.
- Record
EUVD-2023-38073- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-x3j5-x3h2-frf6
4.3
Missing Authorization vulnerability in HashThemes Viral News, HashThemes Viral, HashThemes...
Missing Authorization vulnerability in HashThemes Viral News, HashThemes Viral, HashThemes HashOne.This issue affects Viral News: from n/a through 1.4.5; Viral: from n/a through 1.8.0; HashOne: from n/a through 1.3.0.
- Record
GHSA-x3j5-x3h2-frf6- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
4.3
Missing Authorization vulnerability in HashThemes Viral News, HashThemes Viral, HashThemes HashOne.This issue affects Viral News: from n/a through 1.4.5; Viral: from n/a through 1.8.0; HashOne: from n/a through 1.3.0.
- Record
CVE-2023-33923- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-33923 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Hashthemes Hashone, published March 25, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.50%, the 43rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/viral-news/wordpress-viral-news-theme-1-4-5-authenticated-arbitrary-plugin-activation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/viral/wordpress-viral-theme-1-8-0-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/hashone/wordpress-hashone-theme-1-3-0-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-33923
github.com/advisories/GHSA-x3j5-x3h2-frf6