Contest Gallery <= 21.3.4 - Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary File Deletion

2024-04-22 00:00

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Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 21.3.5

Affected PluginContest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos, Media, Sell with PayPal & Stripe

Affected Version<= 21.3.4

CVSS4.3Medium

CVECVE-2024-32778

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Vulnerability Overview

The Photos and Files Contest Gallery – Contact Form, Upload Form, Social Share and Voting Competition Plugin for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized loss of data due to a missing capability check on a function in all versions up to, and including, 21.3.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to delete arbitrary files.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 21.3.5, 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-2024-32778 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8ed63de5-ef65-4e90-afc1-b7a075e99316

CVSS Vector

4.3

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

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