CVE-2023-38479
WordPress Simple Googlebot Visit plugin <= 1.2.4 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Codents Simple Googlebot Visit allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Simple Googlebot Visit: from n/a through 1.2.4.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
WordPress Simple Googlebot Visit plugin <= 1.2.4 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Codents Simple Googlebot Visit allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Simple Googlebot Visit: from n/a through 1.2.4.
- Record
CVE-2023-38479- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-42295
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Codents Simple Googlebot Visit allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Simple Googlebot Visit: from n/a through 1.2.4.
- Record
EUVD-2023-42295- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j3qr-gw2j-fj2r
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Codents Simple Googlebot Visit allows Exploiting...
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Codents Simple Googlebot Visit allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Simple Googlebot Visit: from n/a through 1.2.4.
- Record
GHSA-j3qr-gw2j-fj2r- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Codents Simple Googlebot Visit allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Simple Googlebot Visit: from n/a through 1.2.4.
- Record
CVE-2023-38479- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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-2023-38479 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Codents Simple Googlebot Visit, published December 13, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.52%, the 44th percentile. No source names a fixed version.