Critical severity9.0NVD Advisory· Published Oct 30, 2023· Updated Apr 8, 2026

CVE-2023-5843

Description

The Ads by datafeedr.com plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in versions up to, and including, 1.1.3 via the 'dfads_ajax_load_ads' function. This allows unauthenticated attackers to execute code on the server. The parameters of the callable function are limited, they cannot be specified arbitrarily.

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Affected products

Datafeedr/Ads By Datafeedr.com2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:datafeedr:ads_by_datafeedr.com:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:datafeedr:ads_by_datafeedr.com:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*range: <=1.1.3
- (no CPE)range: <=1.1.3

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References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ads-by-datafeedrcom/tags/1.1.3/inc/dfads.class.phpnvdExploit
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5412fd87-49bc-445c-8d16-443e38933d1envdThird Party Advisory
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2991088/ads-by-datafeedrcomnvd

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