CVE-2021-24816

Phoenix Media Rename <= 3.4.2 - Author Arbitrary Media File Renaming

mediumImproper Access Control

4.3

CVSS Score

4.3

CVSS Score

medium

Severity

3.4.4

Patched in

839d

Time to patch

Description

The Phoenix Media Rename WordPress plugin before 3.4.4 does not have capability checks in its phoenix_media_rename AJAX action, which could allow users with Author roles to rename any uploaded media files, including ones they do not own.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

None

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=3.4.2

PublishedOctober 6, 2021

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected pluginphoenix-media-rename

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d75d0f16-015b-49cd-a0d1-41e007fc7398?source=api-prod

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