Reviews and Rating – Google My Business <= 4.14 - Missing Authorization

2023-01-20 00:00

István Márton

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 4.15

Affected PluginReviews and Rating – Google Reviews

Affected Version4.14

CVSS8.3High

CVECVE-2023-23986

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Vulnerability Overview

The Reviews and Rating – Google My Business plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to missing capability checks on several functions in versions up to, and including, 4.14. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to modify restricted data and perform actions intended only for administrators like clearing cache, resetting reviews, and more.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 4.15, 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-2023-23986 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5494cac6-1b52-43a3-995d-fc2a150edfdb

CVSS Vector

8.3

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeChanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityLow

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