PublishPress Capabilities <= 2.3 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Options Update

9.8
Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2021-25032
CVSS 9.8 (Critical)
Publicly Published December 8, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Krzysztof Zając - CERT PL

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.

Wordfence blocked 2 attacks targeting this vulnerability in the past 24 hours.

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Vulnerability Details for PublishPress Capabilities – User Role Editor, Access Permissions, Admin Menus

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug capability-manager-enhanced (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 2.3.1, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 2.3.1
Patched Version
  • 2.3.1

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