Draw Attention <= 2.0.11 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Post Featured Image Modification
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 2.0.12
- Affected Plugin
- Interactive Image Map Plugin – Draw Attention
- Affected Version
<= 2.0.11- CVSS
- 4.3Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
- CVE
CVE-2023-2764
At a glance
CVE-2023-2764 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Interactive Image Map Plugin WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 2.0.11. It carries a CVSS score of 4.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). The root cause is a missing authorization check on a reachable function. The issue is fixed in version 2.0.12; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed May 2023, reported by Alex Thomas.
Vulnerability Overview
The Draw Attention plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the ajax_set_featured_image function in versions up to, and including, 2.0.11. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to change the featured image of arbitrary posts with an image that exists in the media library.
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 Interactive Image Map Plugin <= 2.0.11 takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. 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 Interactive Image Map Plugin the fix is 2.0.12: builds <= 2.0.11 are affected, anything from 2.0.12 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 2.0.12, 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: Interactive Image Map Plugin 2.0.12 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Login Security
- Alerts
External References
Related records
Other vulnerabilities in Interactive Image Map Plugin – Draw Attention
Vulnerability data © Defiant, Inc., provided under the Wordfence Intelligence T&C