CVE-2023-35037 - CVE House

Status published High CVE-2023-35037

WordPress Surfer plugin <= 1.3.2.357 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

7.6 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Surfer Surfer surferseo allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Surfer: from n/a through <= 1.3.2.357.

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:

Jonas Höbenreich | Patchstack Bug Bounty Program

References

https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/surferseo/vulnerability/wordpress-surfer-plugin-1-1-2-298-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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Affected Vendor

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Affected Software

Surfer

Vulnerable Versions:

Timeline

Official Publish: December 13th, 2024

Last Modified: April 29th, 2026

Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-862

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

Initial Access

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

Privilege Escalation

T1078 Valid Accounts

Persistence

T1531 Account Access Removal

Impact