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GHSA-2QMV-PH7P-FH64

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 22:28 – Updated: 2022-07-31 00:00

Details

The wpDataTables – Tables & Table Charts premium WordPress plugin before 3.4.2 has Improper Access Control. A low privilege authenticated user that visits the page where the table is published can tamper the parameters to access the data of another user that are present in the same table by taking over the user permissions on the table through formdata[wdt_ID] parameter. By exploiting this issue an attacker is able to access and manage the data of all users in the same table.

Severity

8.1 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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CVE-2021-24197 (GCVE-0-2021-24197)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-04-12 13:58 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:21

Title

wpDataTables < 3.4.2 - Improper Access Control leading to Table Permission Takeover

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Assigner

WPScan mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://wpdatatables.com/help/whats-new-changelog/	x_refsource_MISC
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a56c04a4-dda0-4a…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://n4nj0.github.io/advisories/wordpress-plug…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
wpDataTables	wpDataTables – Tables & Table Charts	Affected: 3.4.2 , < 3.4.2 (custom)

Credits

Veno Eivazian, Massimiliano Ferraresi

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