CVE-2023-49192

WordPress Enhanced Text Widget plugin <= 1.6.3 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

5.3 Medium

Missing Authorization vulnerability in cl272 Enhanced Text Widget enhanced-text-widget allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Enhanced Text Widget: from n/a through <= 1.6.3.

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

0.47%Up 0.4 points since Dec 10, 2024

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 5.3

WordPress Enhanced Text Widget plugin <= 1.6.3 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Record: CVE-2023-49192
CVSS 3.1: 5.3 MediumCVSS: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-2023-53197 5.3

Record: EUVD-2023-53197
CVSS 3.1: 5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5p2q-r363-h3r3 5.3

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Clever Widgets Enhanced Text Widget allows Exploiting...

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Clever Widgets Enhanced Text Widget allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Enhanced Text Widget: from n/a through 1.6.3.

Record: GHSA-5p2q-r363-h3r3
CVSS 3.1: 5.3 MediumCVSS: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 5.3

Record: CVE-2023-49192
CVSS 3.1: 5.3 MediumCVSS: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

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-2023-49192 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Cl272 Enhanced Text Widget, published December 9, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.47%, the 40th percentile. No source names a fixed version.