MainWP Rocket Extension <= 4.0.3 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Plugin Activation

5.4
Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2023-23648
CVSS 5.4 (Medium)
Publicly Published January 16, 2023
Last Updated January 20, 2023
Researcher Dave Jong - Patchstack

Description

The MainWP Rocket Extension plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in versions up to, and including 4.0.3 due to a missing capability check. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to activate arbitrary plugins.

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Vulnerability Details for MainWP Rocket Extension

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug mainwp-rocket-extension
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 4.0.4, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 4.0.3
Patched Version
  • 4.0.4

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