Co-Authors Plus 3.5 - 3.5.1 - Sensitive Information Disclosure
2022-06-07 00:00
Douglas JohnsonStrategic Overview
Vulnerability Overview
The Co-Authors Plus plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to sensitive information disclosure via the /wp/v2/coauthors REST API input in versions 3.5 and 3.5.1. This is due to insufficient capability checking that allows unauthorized users to access the endpoint and retrieve guest authors email addresses.
Technical Analysis
REMEDIATION: Update to version 3.5.2, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor) The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.
External References
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