TH Advance Product Search <= 1.1.4 - Missing Authorization to Plugin Settings Change

6.5
Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2022-40218
CVSS 6.5 (Medium)
Publicly Published September 27, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Rasi Afeef - Patchstack Alliance

Description

The TH Advance Product Search plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on the thaps_form_setting function accessible via a nopriv AJAX action in versions up to, and including, 1.1.4. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change the plugin's settings.

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Vulnerability Details for Advance WordPress Search Plugin

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug th-advance-product-search (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.1.5, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.1.4
Patched Version
  • 1.1.5

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