Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 1.7.12
- Affected Plugin
- 360 Javascript Viewer
- Affected Version
<= 1.7.11- CVSS
- 5.3Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
- CVE
CVE-2023-48779
At a glance
CVE-2023-48779 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the 360 Javascript Viewer WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.7.11. It carries a CVSS score of 5.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 1.7.12; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed November 2023, reported by Abdi Pranata.
Vulnerability Overview
The 360 Javascript Viewer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the saveSettings() function hooked via a norpriv AJAX in versions up to, and including, 1.7.11. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify the plugin's settings.
Technical Analysis
The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.
CWE-862: Missing Authorization
360 Javascript Viewer <= 1.7.11 carries this weakness at saveSettings(), and reaching it takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. A missing authorization check means a function is reachable by anyone who can reach the endpoint, because the code never asks whether the caller is allowed to perform the action.
Any user who can reach the endpoint gets to run an action reserved for higher-privileged roles, from reading protected data to changing settings or content. For 360 Javascript Viewer the fix is 1.7.12: builds <= 1.7.11 are affected, anything from 1.7.12 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 1.7.12, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
Because it turns on account access, WordSec's login security is the relevant layer: role-based two-factor, captcha and brute-force limits raise the cost of getting the account this needs. None of that substitutes for the fix: 360 Javascript Viewer 1.7.12 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Login Security
- Alerts
External References
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