CVE-2021-25032 (GCVE-0-2021-25032)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-01-10 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:49
VLAI?
Title
PublishPress Capabilities < 2.3.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Options Update to Blog Compromise
Summary
The PublishPress Capabilities WordPress plugin before 2.3.1, PublishPress Capabilities Pro WordPress plugin before 2.3.1 does not have authorisation and CSRF checks when updating the plugin's settings via the init hook, and does not ensure that the options to be updated belong to the plugin. As a result, unauthenticated attackers could update arbitrary blog options, such as the default role and make any new registered user with an administrator role.
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CWE
  • CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
  • CWE-862 - Missing Authorization
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown PublishPress Capabilities – User Role Access, Editor Permissions, Admin Menus Affected: 2.0 , < 2.0* (custom)
Affected: 2.3.1 , < 2.3.1 (custom)
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    Unknown PublishPress Capabilities Pro Affected: 2.0 , < 2.0* (custom)
Affected: 2.3.1 , < 2.3.1 (custom)
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Credits
Krzysztof Zając
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