CVE-2023-3707 — The ActivityPub WordPress plugin before 1

The ActivityPub WordPress plugin before 1.0.0 does not ensure that post contents to be displayed are public and belong to the plugin, allowing any authenticated user, such as subscriber to retrieve the content of arbitrary post (such as draft and private) via an IDOR vector. Pass

01What is this vulnerability?

The ActivityPub WordPress plugin before 1.0.0 does not ensure that post contents to be displayed are public and belong to the plugin, allowing any authenticated user, such as subscriber to retrieve the content of arbitrary post (such as draft and private) via an IDOR vector. Password protected posts are not affected by this issue.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	ActivityPub	0

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: 2023-10-16T19:39:12.296Z
• Last modified: 2025-04-23T16:12:12.691Z

09References

• wpscan.com — https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/541bbe4c-3295-4073-901d-763556269f48