CVE-2021-25014

Ibtana – WordPress Website Builder <= 1.1.4.7 - Missing Authorization to Stored Cross-Site Scripting

2022-01-12 00:00
Krzysztof Zając

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 1.1.4.9
Affected Plugin
Ibtana – WordPress Website Builder
Affected Version
< 1.1.4.9
CVSS
6.4Medium
Weakness type
CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
CVE
CVE-2021-25014
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At a glance

CVE-2021-25014 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Ibtana WordPress plugin, affecting versions < 1.1.4.9. It carries a CVSS score of 6.4 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). The root cause is a missing authorization check on a reachable function. The issue is fixed in version 1.1.4.9; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed January 2022, reported by Krzysztof Zając.

Vulnerability Overview

The Ibtana – WordPress Website Builder WordPress plugin before 1.1.4.9 does not have authorisation and CSRF checks in the ive_save_general_settings AJAX action, allowing any authenticated users, such as subscriber to call it and change the plugin's settings which could lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue.

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-862: Missing Authorization

Reaching this weakness in Ibtana < 1.1.4.9 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 Ibtana the fix is 1.1.4.9: builds < 1.1.4.9 are affected, anything from 1.1.4.9 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 1.1.4.9, 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: Ibtana 1.1.4.9 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Login Security
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-25014https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/196cbc3f-b794-49e2-8769-b5277c2b8f76https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-25014

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