Contest Gallery <= 23.1.2 - Unauthenticated Information Exposure

2024-08-16 00:00

Joshua Chan

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 23.1.3

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

Affected Version<= 23.1.2

CVSS5.3Medium

CVECVE-2024-43283

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Vulnerability Overview

The Photos, Files, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Ecommerce Contest Gallery – Upload, Vote, Sell via PayPal, Social Share Buttons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 23.1.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract data like comment user IDs and IP Addresses.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 23.1.3, 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

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43283 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f5e400f8-35b4-4be4-bb00-c59e14ddd57f

CVSS Vector

5.3

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

Base

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

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