CVE-2023-6638
GTG Product Feed for Shopping <= 1.2.4 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Plugin Settings Update
The GTG Product Feed for Shopping plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'update_settings' function in versions up to, and including, 1.2.4. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update plugin settings.
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
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
GTG Product Feed for Shopping <= 1.2.4 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Plugin Settings Update
The GTG Product Feed for Shopping plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'update_settings' function in versions up to, and including, 1.2.4. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update plugin settings.
- Record
CVE-2023-6638- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-862, CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-58861
The GTG Product Feed for Shopping plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'update_settings' function in versions up to, and including, 1.2.4. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update plugin settings.
- Record
EUVD-2023-58861- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-w839-f444-2853
The GTG Product Feed for Shopping plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification...
The GTG Product Feed for Shopping plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'update_settings' function in versions up to, and including, 1.2.4. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update plugin settings.
- Record
GHSA-w839-f444-2853- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
The GTG Product Feed for Shopping plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'update_settings' function in versions up to, and including, 1.2.4. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update plugin settings.
- Record
CVE-2023-6638- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - 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-2023-6638 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Gutengeek Gg Woo Feed, published January 11, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.54%, the 45th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ce6b9b0a-e82e-459a-bddf-1c9354bcec00?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gg-woo-feed/trunk/inc/Admin/Admin.php?rev=2933599
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6638
github.com/advisories/GHSA-w839-f444-2853