Pre-Publish Checklist <= 1.1.1 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Arbitrary Post '_ppc_meta_key' Update

5.3
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
CVE CVE-2023-44151
CVSS 5.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published September 22, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Rafie Muhammad - Patchstack

Description

The Pre-Publish Checklist plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in versions up to, and including, 1.1.1 via the ppc_meta_box_ajax_add_handler and ppc_meta_box_ajax_delete_handler functions due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This can allow authenticated attackers with contributor-level access and above to modify and delete the '_ppc_meta_key' post meta value for arbitrary posts.

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Vulnerability Details for Pre-Publish Checklist

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug pre-publish-checklist (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.1.2, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 1.1.2
Patched Version
  • 1.1.2

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