WP Human Resource Management < 2.2.6 - Sensitive Information Disclosure

2019-03-17 00:00

Henri Salo (fgeek)

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.2.6

Affected PluginWP Human Resource Management

Affected Version< 2.2.6

CVSS7.5High

CVECVE-2019-9574

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Vulnerability Overview

The WP Human Resource Management plugin before 2.2.6 for WordPress does not ensure that a leave modification occurs in the context of the Administrator or HR Manager role. This allows any authenticated user to access sensitive user information, including hashed passwords, via the search_emp_leave_records action.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.2.6, 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-2019-9574 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/07cdc2db-e748-40c9-a2fe-31aef0725dad

CVSS Vector

7.5

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityNone

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