Awesome Filterable Portfolio <= 1.9.7 - Missing Authorization to Plugin Settings Change

2022-09-15 00:00

Ngo Van Thien

Strategic Overview

Status

Unpatched

Affected PluginAwesome Filterable Portfolio

Affected Version<= 1.9.7

CVSS7.5High

CVECVE-2022-35238

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Vulnerability Overview

The Awesome Filterable Portfolio plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthenticated plugin settings change due to missing authentication in versions up to, and including, 1.9.7. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change them.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement. --- 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-2022-35238 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7fb9ceb4-84a6-41bc-97e4-5e4e12a6ea15

CVSS Vector

7.5

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityNone

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