Shapely Companion <= 1.2.6 - Unprotected AJAX Action to Content Import

6.3
Missing Authorization
CVSS 6.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published May 24, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024

Description

The Shapely Companion plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary content import due to missing authorization checks on the shapely_companion_import_content() function called via an AJAX action in versions up to, and including 1.2.6. This makes it possible for authenticated users with subscriber level permissions and above to execute the AJAX action and trigger a content import.

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Vulnerability Details for Shapely Companion

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug shapely-companion (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.2.7, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.2.6
Patched Version
  • 1.2.7

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