Blog2Social <= 6.9.11 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Settings Update

2022-09-27 00:00

Marco Wotschka

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 6.9.12

Affected PluginBlog2Social: Social Media Auto Post & Scheduler

Affected Version<= 6.9.11

CVSS4.1Medium

CVECVE-2022-3622

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Vulnerability Overview

The Blog2Social plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to missing capability checks in versions up to, and including, 6.9.11. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to change some plugin settings intended to be modifiable by admins only.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 6.9.12, 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-2022-3622 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f5b8d39c-d307-42c9-a972-29b5521a82a4

CVSS Vector

4.1

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionRequired
ScopeChanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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