CVE-2023-23872 - CVE House

Status published Medium CVE-2023-23872

WordPress GMAce plugin <= 1.5.2 - Arbitrary File Download vulnerability

4.9 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in German Mesky GMAce allows Path Traversal.This issue affects GMAce: from n/a through 1.5.2.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

Mika (Patchstack Alliance)

References

https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/gmace/wordpress-gmace-plugin-1-5-2-arbitrary-file-download-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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CVE-2023-23861

WordPress GMAce Plugin <= 1.5.2 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Medium 5.4

Affected Vendor

German Mesky

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Affected Software

GMAce

Vulnerable Versions:

Unknown

Timeline

Official Publish: May 17th, 2024

Last Modified: April 28th, 2026

Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-22

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

Initial Access

T1005 Data from Local System

Collection

T1552 Unsecured Credentials

Credential Access

T1565.001 Stored Data Manipulation

Impact