Advanced Post Block – Display Posts, Pages, or Custom Posts on Your Page <= 1.13.4 - Missing Authorization to Information Disclosure

2024-04-11 00:00

Krzysztof Zając

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.13.5

Affected PluginAdvanced Post Block – Display Your Posts Exactly How You Want

Affected Version<= 1.13.4

CVSS5.3Medium

CVECVE-2024-0908

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Vulnerability Overview

The Advanced Post Block – Display Posts, Pages, or Custom Posts on Your Page plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the apbPosts() function hooked via an AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 1.13.4. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to retrieve all post data, including those that may be password protected.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.13.5, 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-2024-0908 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8fb6c221-d885-42b5-977c-39e8608e3e31

CVSS Vector

5.3

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

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