Flipbox – Awesomes Flip Boxes Image Overlay <= 2.6.0 - Authenticated (Admin+) Arbitrary Options Update

7.2
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
CVE CVE-2022-33969
CVSS 7.2 (High)
Publicly Published July 25, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher RE-ALTER

Description

The Flipbox – Awesomes Flip Boxes Image Overlay plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary options updates in versions up to, and including, 2.6.0. This is due to a lack of validation on the settings supplied to the oxi_settings() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrative level permissions, to update arbitrary options on the WordPress site. This would only affect sites where the administrator has been restricted to not 'manage_options' or the administrator has allowed users with lower permissions to update the plugin's settings.

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Vulnerability Details for Flipbox – Awesomes Flip Boxes Image Overlay

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug image-hover-effects-ultimate-visual-composer (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 2.6.1, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 2.6.0
Patched Version
  • 2.6.1

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