wpDataTables (Premium) <= 3.4.1 - Improper Access Control leading to Table Permission Takeover

8.1
Improper Access Control
CVE CVE-2021-24197
CVSS 8.1 (High)
Publicly Published March 16, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researchers Veno Eivazian
Massimiliano Ferraresi

Description

The wpDataTables – Tables & Table Charts premium WordPress plugin before 3.4.2 has Improper Access Control. A low privilege authenticated user that visits the page where the table is published can tamper the parameters to access the data of another user that are present in the same table by taking over the user permissions on the table through formdata[wdt_ID] parameter. By exploiting this issue an attacker is able to access and manage the data of all users in the same table. Please note that this only affects the premium version of the plugin which shares the same slug as the free version.

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Vulnerability Details for wpDataTables (Premium)

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wpdatatables
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 3.4.2, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 3.4.2
Patched Version
  • 3.4.2

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