CVE-2021-25032

PublishPress Capabilities <= 2.3 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Options Update

criticalMissing Authorization

9.8

CVSS Score

9.8

CVSS Score

critical

Severity

2.3.1

Patched in

776d

Time to patch

Description

The PublishPress Capabilities WordPress plugin before 2.3.1, PublishPress Capabilities Pro WordPress plugin before 2.3.1 does not have authorisation and CSRF checks when updating the plugin's settings via the init hook, and does not ensure that the options to be updated belong to the plugin. As a result, unauthenticated attackers could update arbitrary blog options, such as the default role and make any new registered user with an administrator role.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

High

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<2.3.1

PublishedDecember 8, 2021

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected plugincapability-manager-enhanced

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cf3df923-9426-4e5b-ba59-eda0b5c18d40?source=api-prod

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