WPS Cleaner <= 1.4.4 - Missing Authorization Checks

6.3
Missing Authorization
CVSS 6.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published July 23, 2019
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Julio Potier - SecuPress

Description

The WPS Cleaner plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in versions up to, and including, 1.4.4. This is due to missing capability and nonce checks on 7 different functions found in the '/classes/plugin.php' file. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with minimal permissions, such as a subscriber, to perform a variety of actions such as deleting arbitrary files, creating zip archives, deleting zip archives, and deleting alerts among some additional actions.

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Vulnerability Details for WPS Cleaner

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wps-cleaner (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.4.5, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.4.4
Patched Version
  • 1.4.5

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