Wbcom Designs Plugins (Various Versions) - Arbitrary Plugin Installation, Activation and Deactivation

2022-04-13 00:00

Mary (JJ) Jay

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.7.0

Affected PluginWbcom Designs – BuddyPress Member Reviews

Affected Version< 2.7.0

CVSS6.3Medium

CVEN/A

View all Wbcom Designs – BuddyPress Member Reviews vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Overview

Several WordPress plugins by Wbcom Designs were vulnerable to arbitrary plugin installation, activation and deactivation due to missing authorization checks on the wp_ajax_wbcom_manage_plugin_installation AJAX action function wbcom_do_plugin_action.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.7.0, 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/74d222b9-22e9-485d-8111-d3bee505b200

CVSS Vector

6.3

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

Base

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

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