Post Grid Gutenberg Blocks and WordPress Blog Plugin โ€“ PostX <= 4.1.2 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Options Update

8.8
Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2024-5326
CVSS 8.8 (High)
Publicly Published May 29, 2024
Last Updated May 30, 2024
Researcher 1337_Wannabe - home

Description

The Post Grid Gutenberg Blocks and WordPress Blog Plugin โ€“ PostX plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'postx_presets_callback' function in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to change arbitrary options on affected sites. This can be used to enable new user registration and set the default role for new users to Administrator.

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Vulnerability Details for Post Grid Gutenberg Blocks and WordPress Blog Plugin โ€“ PostX

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug ultimate-post (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 4.1.3, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 4.1.2
Patched Version
  • 4.1.3

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