CVE-2024-3213 (GCVE-0-2024-3213)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-04-09 18:59 – Updated: 2024-08-08 19:20
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Summary
The Relevanssi – A Better Search plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the relevanssi_update_counts() function in all versions up to, and including, 4.22.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute expensive queries on the application that could lead into DOS.
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Relevanssi Relevanssi – A Better Search (Pro) Affected: * , ≤ 2.25.1 (semver)
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Credits
Thura Moe Myint
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