Admin Management Xtended <= 2.4.0 - Missing Authorization Checks

2015-12-14 00:00

Kacper Szurek

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.4.0.1

Affected PluginAdmin Management Xtended

Affected Version<= 2.4.0

CVSS4.3Medium

CVECVE-2015-9390

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Vulnerability Overview

The admin-management-xtended plugin before 2.4.0.1 for WordPress has privilege escalation because wp_ajax functions are mishandled.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.4.0.1, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-9390 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b1c6261f-4657-4e6e-ae23-5fa44790aa12

CVSS Vector

4.3

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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