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CVE-2023-3053
Page Builder by AZEXO <= 1.27.133 - Missing Authorization to Post Creation
Medium5.4EPSS 0.50%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Wordfence
Description
The Page Builder by AZEXO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'azh_add_post' function in versions up to, and including, 1.27.133. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers to create a post with any post type and post status.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| WordfenceCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.50% · top 57% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.4.
Weakness
Affected products
azexo · Page Builder with Image Map by AZEXO
- affected ≤ 1.27.133
References (3)
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/dd56cb73-1c40-44b1-b713-c0291832d988?source=cve (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/page-builder-by-azexo/trunk/azexo_html.php#L4137 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/page-builder-by-azexo/trunk/azexo_html.php#L4085 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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