Filebird <= 5.1.4 - Missing Authorization via resAdminPermissionsCheck

2023-03-27 00:00
Rafshanzani Suhada

Strategic Overview

Vulnerability Overview

The Filebird plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized SPI key generation due to a missing capability check on the resAdminPermissionsCheck callback function function in versions up to, and including, 5.1.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with author-level access to set the API key.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 5.1.5, 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

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