Media from FTP <= 11.16 - Authenticated (Author+) Improper Privilege Management
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 11.17
- Affected Plugin
- Media from FTP
- Affected Version
<= 11.16- CVSS
- 6.3Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management
- CVE
CVE-2023-4019
At a glance
CVE-2023-4019 is a medium-severity Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in the Media from FTP WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 11.16. It carries a CVSS score of 6.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Author level or above. The issue is fixed in version 11.17; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed August 2023, reported by Dmitrii Ignatyev.
Vulnerability Overview
The Media from FTP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to improper privilege management due to an insufficient capability check on the plugin's menu pages in versions up to, and including, 11.16. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level permissions and above, to modify plugin settings on multi-site installations.
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-269: Improper Privilege Management
Reaching this weakness in Media from FTP <= 11.16 takes an account at Author level or above. Improper privilege management means the code lets an account end up with capabilities its role should not have.
It converts a low-privileged account into an administrative one, which makes every other restriction on the site irrelevant. For Media from FTP the fix is 11.17: builds <= 11.16 are affected, anything from 11.17 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 11.17, 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: Media from FTP 11.17 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Login Security
- Alerts
External References
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