CVE-2023-7198: WPDashboardNotes < 1.0.11 - Unauthorised Deletion of Private Notes

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

• jeroensormani wp dashboard notesbefore 1.0.11

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (WPScan). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

• Unknown WP Dashboard Notes

  • before 1.0.11affected · semver

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

• CVE-2023-7239wp-dashboard-notes < 1.0.11 - Contributor+ Arbitrary Private Notes Update via IDOR
  30Monitor

Root cause

The endpoint fetches the record by the ID sent in the request, but never checks whether the record belongs to the requesting user.

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

1const invoice = await Invoice.findById(req.params.id);2res.json(invoice);

1const invoice = await Invoice.findOne({2  id: req.params.id,3  ownerId: req.user.id,4});5if (!invoice) return res.sendStatus(404);6res.json(invoice);

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.