Google Maps CP <= 1.0.43 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Feedback Form Submission
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 1.0.44
- Affected Plugin
- CodePeople Post Map for Google Maps
- Affected Version
<= 1.0.43- CVSS
- 4.3Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
- CVE
CVE-2023-25039
At a glance
CVE-2023-25039 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the CodePeople Post Map for Google Maps WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.0.43. It carries a CVSS score of 4.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Subscriber level or above. The issue is fixed in version 1.0.44; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed February 2023, reported by István Márton.
Vulnerability Overview
The Google Maps CP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the feedback_action function called via the cp-google-maps-feedback action in versions up to, and including, 1.0.43. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to perform an unauthorized feedback form submission.
Technical Analysis
The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user.
CWE-862: Missing Authorization
Reaching this weakness in CodePeople Post Map for Google Maps <= 1.0.43 takes an account at Subscriber level or above. A missing authorization check means a function is reachable by anyone who can reach the endpoint, because the code never asks whether the caller is allowed to perform the action.
Any user who can reach the endpoint gets to run an action reserved for higher-privileged roles, from reading protected data to changing settings or content. For CodePeople Post Map for Google Maps the fix is 1.0.44: builds <= 1.0.43 are affected, anything from 1.0.44 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 1.0.44, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
Because it turns on account access, WordSec's login security is the relevant layer: role-based two-factor, captcha and brute-force limits raise the cost of getting the account this needs. None of that substitutes for the fix: CodePeople Post Map for Google Maps 1.0.44 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Login Security
- Alerts
External References
Related records
Other vulnerabilities in CodePeople Post Map for Google Maps
Vulnerability data © Defiant, Inc., provided under the Wordfence Intelligence T&C