LWS Plugins <= (Various Versions) - Missing Authorization Checks

2022-12-12 00:00
Anonymous

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 2.2
Affected PluginLWS Affiliation
Affected Version<= 2.1
CVSS8.8High
CVEN/A
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Vulnerability Overview

Several LWS Plugins for WordPress are vulnerable to authorization bypass due to making admin settings pages available to users with read access (LWS Affiliation in versions up to, and including, 2.1; LWS Optimize in versions up to, and including, 1.5; LWS Tools in versions up to, and including, 2.1; LWS Cleaner in versions up to, and including, 2.0.3; LWS SMS in versions up to, and including, 2.1; LWS Hide Login in versions up to, and including, 2.0.2). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to change plugin settings.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.2, 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

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