Editorial Calendar <= 3.7.12 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Insecure Direct Object Reference

5.4
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
CVE CVE-2023-36520
CVSS 5.4 (Medium)
Publicly Published June 27, 2023
Last Updated July 10, 2023
Researcher Elliot

Description

The Editorial Calendar plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to insecure direct object reference in versions up to, and including, 3.7.12. This is due to insufficient validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level capabilities and above to perform actions on objects they aren't intended to manipulate.

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Vulnerability Details for Editorial Calendar

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug editorial-calendar (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 3.8.0, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 3.7.12
Patched Version
  • 3.8.0

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