WordPress Simple Staff List plugin <= 2.2.4 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

published 2024-06-12 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-56238

cvss: 4.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 25%
public exploits: 0; none known

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Brett Shumaker Simple Staff List.This issue affects Simple Staff List: from n/a through 2.2.4.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Brett Shumaker Simple Staff List 2.2.5

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-07-12)

Exploit prediction

0.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 25% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	4.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Brett Shumaker Simple Staff List

Classification

Weakness

CWE-862 Missing Authorization

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

patchstack.com /database/vulnerability/simple-staff-list/wordpress-simple-staff-list-plugin-2-2-4-broken-access-control-vulne
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-51526
NVD CVE-2023-51526

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CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.

Summary