Woody Ad Snippets <= 2.2.4 - Missing Authorization to Settings Import

2019-08-02 00:00

Jerome Bruandet

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.2.5

Affected PluginWoody Code Snippets – Insert PHP, CSS, JS, and Header/Footer Scripts

Affected Version< 2.2.5

CVSS8.8High

CVECVE-2019-15858

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Vulnerability Overview

admin/includes/class.import.snippet.php in the "Woody ad snippets" plugin before 2.2.5 for WordPress allows unauthenticated options import, as demonstrated by storing an XSS payload for remote code execution.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.2.5, 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

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-15858 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/942ae035-91b3-4330-800c-2dbe94a4b4b5

CVSS Vector

8.8

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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