Link Whisper Free <= 0.6.3 - Missing Authorization via init()

5.3
Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2023-32506
CVSS 5.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published May 10, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Nguyen Anh Tien

Description

The Link Whisper Free plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the init() function called via admin_init in versions up to, and including, 0.6.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to export post data.

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Vulnerability Details for Link Whisper Free

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug link-whisper (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 0.6.4, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 0.6.3
Patched Version
  • 0.6.4

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