Beautiful Cookie Consent Banner <= 2.10.0 - Missing Authorization to Settings Update

2023-01-31 00:00

Anonymous

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.10.1

Affected PluginBeautiful Cookie Consent Banner

Affected Version<= 2.10.0

CVSS7.3High

CVEN/A

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Vulnerability Overview

The Beautiful Cookie Consent Banner plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on the nsc_bar_save_submitted_form_fields() function called via and admin_init hook in versions up to, and including, 2.10.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify the plugin's settings and inject malicious web scripts. Please note this is still vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.10.1, 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.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/aee6fea2-dbf6-4155-ba3f-f85ea3520504

CVSS Vector

7.3

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityLow

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