WP Accessibility Helper <= 0.6.2.8 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Settings Update

5.4
Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2024-5987
CVSS 5.4 (Medium)
Publicly Published August 28, 2024
Last Updated August 29, 2024
Researcher Lucio Sá

Description

The WP Accessibility Helper (WAH) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'save_contrast_variations' and 'save_empty_contrast_variations' functions in all versions up to, and including, 0.6.2.8. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to edit or delete contrast settings. Please note these issues were patched in 0.6.2.8, though it broke functionality and the vendor has not responded to our follow-ups.

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Vulnerability Details for WP Accessibility Helper (WAH)

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-accessibility-helper (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 0.6.2.9, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 0.6.2.8
Patched Version
  • 0.6.2.9

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