CVE-2023-33923 — Missing Authorization vulnerability in HashThemes Viral News, HashThemes Viral,

Missing Authorization vulnerability in HashThemes Viral News, HashThemes Viral, HashThemes HashOne.This issue affects Viral News: from n/a through 1.4.5; Viral: from n/a through 1.8.0; HashOne: from n/a through 1.3.0.

01What is this vulnerability?

Missing Authorization vulnerability in HashThemes Viral News, HashThemes Viral, HashThemes HashOne.This issue affects Viral News: from n/a through 1.4.5; Viral: from n/a through 1.8.0; HashOne: from n/a through 1.3.0.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
HashThemes	Viral News	n/a
HashThemes	Viral	n/a
HashThemes	HashOne	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2024-03-25T04:46:03.396Z
• Last modified: 2025-04-10T18:31:54.470Z

09References

• patchstack.com — https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/viral-news/wordpress-viral-news-th…
• patchstack.com — https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/viral/wordpress-viral-theme-1-8-0-…
• patchstack.com — https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/hashone/wordpress-hashone-theme-1-…