tagDiv Composer < 3.5 - Unauthorized Account Access and Privilege Escalation

9.8
Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
CVE CVE-2022-3477
CVSS 9.8 (Critical)
Publicly Published October 24, 2022
Last Updated November 23, 2022
Researcher Truoc Phan - Techlab Corporation

Description

The tagDiv Composer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Unauthorized Account Access and Privilege Escalation in versions up to, but not including, 3.5 due to improper implementation of the Facebook login feature. This allows unauthenticated attackers to log in as any user as long as they know the user's email address. This plugin is used in several themes such as Newspaper and Newsmag.

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Vulnerability Details for tagDiv Composer

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug td-composer
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 3.5, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 3.5
Patched Version
  • 3.5

2 other affected software packages

Software Type Theme
Software Slug newsmag
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 5.2.2, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 5.2.1
Patched Version
  • 5.2.2
Software Type Theme
Software Slug Newspaper
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 12.1, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 12
Patched Version
  • 12.1

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