Post Expirator <= 2.5.1 - Contributor+ Arbitrary Post Schedule Deletion

2021-10-11 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.6.0

Affected PluginSchedule Post Changes With PublishPress Future: Unpublish, Delete, Change Status, Trash, Change Categories

Affected Version<= 2.5.1

CVSS4.3Medium

CVECVE-2021-24783

View all Schedule Post Changes With PublishPress Future: Unpublish, Delete, Change Status, Trash, Change Categories vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Overview

The Post Expirator WordPress plugin before 2.6.0 does not have proper capability checks in place, which could allow users with a role as low as Contributor to schedule deletion of arbitrary posts.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.6.0, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization) The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24783 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f0576cde-8d32-4f06-899a-a9ebff99d8ba

CVSS Vector

4.3

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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