Draw Attention <= 2.0.15 - Improper Access Control via register_cpt
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 2.0.16
- Affected Plugin
- Interactive Image Map Plugin – Draw Attention
- Affected Version
<= 2.0.15- CVSS
- 6.3Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-284 · Improper Access Control
- CVE
CVE-2023-46616
At a glance
CVE-2023-46616 is a medium-severity Improper Access Control vulnerability in the Interactive Image Map Plugin WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 2.0.15. It carries a CVSS score of 6.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). The issue is fixed in version 2.0.16; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed October 2023, reported by thiennv.
Vulnerability Overview
The Draw Attention plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due improper capability mapping on the register_cpt function in versions up to, and including, 2.0.15. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to edit other user's Draw Attention posts.
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-284: Improper Access Control
Reaching this weakness in Interactive Image Map Plugin <= 2.0.15 takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. Improper access control means the code decides what a caller may do using something other than their actual permissions, so the decision can be wrong without any check appearing to be missing.
Whoever can shape the request decides the answer, so the protected action runs for callers the code never meant to allow. For Interactive Image Map Plugin the fix is 2.0.16: builds <= 2.0.15 are affected, anything from 2.0.16 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 2.0.16, 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 2.0.16 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
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