CVE-2021-4383 (GCVE-0-2021-4383)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-06-07 01:51 – Updated: 2024-12-20 23:49
VLAI?
Summary
The WP Quick FrontEnd Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to page content injection in versions up to, and including, 5.5. This is due to missing capability checks in the plugin's page-editing functionality. This makes it possible for low-authenticated attackers, such as subscribers, to edit/create any page or post on the blog.
Severity ?
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
labibahmed42 WP Quick FrontEnd Editor – WordPress Plugin Affected: * , ≤ 5.5 (semver)
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Credits
Jerome Bruandet
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