Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
WP Clone Menu for WordPress has a missing authorization flaw affecting versions through 1.0.1. An authenticated user with limited privileges may be able to perform menu-related actions they should not control. The published impact is moderate: limited integrity and availability impact, with no confidentiality impact stated.
Executive priority
Treat this as a moderate WordPress plugin exposure. Prioritize sites with public registration, many contributors, or shared administrative workflows. It is not documented as actively exploited in the supplied sources.
Technical view
CVE-2023-38395 is a CWE-862 missing authorization issue in Afzal Multani WP Clone Menu. The CVSS 3.1 score is 5.4, with network access, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction, unchanged scope, and low integrity and availability impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to WordPress sites with the WP Clone Menu plugin installed at version 1.0.1 or earlier. Risk is higher where untrusted or numerous authenticated users have accounts on the site.
Exploitation context
The provided bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or any cited evidence of active exploitation. The CVSS vector indicates an attacker needs a low-privileged authenticated account, but not user interaction.
Researcher notes
The public detail provided is sparse. Focus assessment on authorization checks around WP Clone Menu functionality and role capability boundaries. Do not infer specific vulnerable endpoints or exploit mechanics from the available sources.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory WordPress sites for the WP Clone Menu plugin.
- Identify installations running version 1.0.1 or earlier.
- Check vendor, WordPress, or Patchstack guidance for an available fixed version.
- Disable or remove the plugin where it is not required.
- Limit WordPress accounts to trusted users with least-privilege roles.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether the plugin slug clone-menu is installed on each WordPress site.
- Record the installed WP Clone Menu version for affected assets.
- Review menu-change logs for unexpected actions by low-privileged users.
- Verify remediation by confirming removal or vendor-supported fixed status.
- Regression test menu administration permissions after any change.
Public sources used
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
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CWE-862: Authorization and privilege behavior lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 5.4 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L2.82.5Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
5.4MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Source materials
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CWE details
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Missing Authorization
Missing Authorization represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.