Squaretype - Modern Blog WordPress Theme < 3.0.4 - Authorization Bypass

5.3
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
CVE CVE-2021-24840
CVSS 5.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published October 11, 2021
Last Updated July 21, 2022
Researcher Emil Kylander Edwartz

Description

The Squaretype WordPress theme before 3.0.4 allows unauthenticated users to manipulate the query_vars used to retrieve the posts to display in one of its REST endpoint, without any validation. As a result, private and scheduled posts could be retrieved via a crafted request.

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Vulnerability Details for Squaretype - Modern Blog WordPress Theme

Software Type Theme
Software Slug squaretype
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 3.0.4, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 3.0.4
Patched Version
  • 3.0.4

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