WP Google Map <= 1.8.0 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Post Deletion and Plugin Settings Update
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 1.8.1
- Affected Plugin
- Maps Plugin using Google Maps for WordPress – WP Google Map
- Affected Version
<= 1.8.0- CVSS
- 5.7Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
- CVE
CVE-2021-25011
At a glance
CVE-2021-25011 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Maps Plugin using Google Maps for WordPress WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.8.0. It carries a CVSS score of 5.7 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high integrity impact). The issue is fixed in version 1.8.1; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed December 2021, reported by Krzysztof Zając.
Vulnerability Overview
The Maps Plugin using Google Maps for WordPress plugin before 1.8.1 does not have proper authorisation and CSRF in most of its AJAX actions, which could allow any authenticated users, such as subscriber to delete arbitrary posts and update the plugin's settings.
Technical Analysis
The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed. A successful exploit has high impact on integrity.
CWE-862: Missing Authorization
Reaching this weakness in Maps Plugin using Google Maps for WordPress <= 1.8.0 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 Maps Plugin using Google Maps for WordPress the fix is 1.8.1: builds <= 1.8.0 are affected, anything from 1.8.1 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 1.8.1, 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: Maps Plugin using Google Maps for WordPress 1.8.1 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Login Security
- Alerts
External References
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