Mass Pages/Posts Creator <= 1.2.2 - Missing Authorization

2018-06-07 00:00

Jack K.

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.2.3

Affected PluginMass Pages/Posts Creator

Affected Version<= 1.2.2

CVSS7.3High

CVECVE-2018-11580

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Vulnerability Overview

An issue was discovered in mass-pages-posts-creator.php in the MULTIDOTS Mass Pages/Posts Creator plugin 1.2.2 for WordPress. Any logged in user can launch Mass Pages/Posts creation with custom content. There is no nonce or user capability check, so anyone can launch a DoS attack against a site and create hundreds of thousands of posts with custom content.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.2.3, 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-2018-11580 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/966843d1-64c2-4f49-852c-d362714db823

CVSS Vector

7.3

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityLow

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