CVE-2022-1659

JupiterX Core <= 2.0.6 - Information Disclosure, Modification, and Denial of Service

2022-05-18 00:00
Ram

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 2.0.7
Affected Plugin
Jupiter X Core
Affected Version
<= 2.0.6
CVSS
6.3Medium
Weakness type
CWE-284 · Improper Access Control
CVE
CVE-2022-1659
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At a glance

CVE-2022-1659 is a medium-severity Improper Access Control vulnerability in the Jupiter X Core WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 2.0.6. It carries a CVSS score of 6.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). The issue is fixed in version 2.0.7; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed May 2022, reported by Ram.

Vulnerability Overview

Vulnerable versions of the JupiterX Core plugin register an AJAX action jupiterx_conditional_manager which can be used to call any function in the includes/condition/class-condition-manager.php file by sending the desired function to call in the sub_action parameter. This can be used to view site configuration and logged-in users, modify post conditions, or perform a denial of service attack.

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-284: Improper Access Control

Reaching this weakness in Jupiter X Core <= 2.0.6 takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. Improper access control means the code decides what a caller may do using something other than their actual permissions, so the decision can be wrong without any check appearing to be missing.

Whoever can shape the request decides the answer, so the protected action runs for callers the code never meant to allow. For Jupiter X Core the fix is 2.0.7: builds <= 2.0.6 are affected, anything from 2.0.7 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 2.0.7, 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: Jupiter X Core 2.0.7 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Login Security
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1659https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e92ce899-556f-4a17-8902-1919d485ee15https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1659

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