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CVE-2021-25032

CRITICAL

9.8

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.8

SeverityCRITICAL

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

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published1/10/2022

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

publishpress:capabilities

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-352CWE-862CWE-352CWE-862

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2640161(contact@wpscan.com)

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2f0f1a32-0c7a-48e6-8617-e0b2dcf62727(contact@wpscan.com)

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2640161(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2f0f1a32-0c7a-48e6-8617-e0b2dcf62727(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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