CVE-2023-45045

WordPress WP Custom Widget area plugin <= 1.2.5 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

5.4 Medium

Missing Authorization vulnerability in krozero WP Custom Widget area wp-custom-widget-area allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects WP Custom Widget area: from n/a through <= 1.2.5.

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: Low

Exploit likelihood

0.44%Up 0.4 points since Jan 3, 2025

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 5.4

WordPress WP Custom Widget area plugin <= 1.2.5 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Record: CVE-2023-45045
CVSS 3.1: 5.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Weakness: CWE-862
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2023-49366 5.4

Record: EUVD-2023-49366
CVSS 3.1: 5.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c2x9-j4mv-ggw3 5.4

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Kishor Khambu WP Custom Widget area allows Exploiting...

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Kishor Khambu WP Custom Widget area allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects WP Custom Widget area: from n/a through 1.2.5.

Record: GHSA-c2x9-j4mv-ggw3
CVSS 3.1: 5.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Weakness: CWE-862
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 5.4

Record: CVE-2023-45045
CVSS 3.1: 5.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Weakness: CWE-862
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2023-45045 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Krozero Wp Custom Widget Area, published January 2, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.44%, the 38th percentile. No source names a fixed version.