Profile Builder <= 2.1.3 - Missing Access Controls

2015-04-15 00:00

Anonymous

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.1.4

Affected PluginUser Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor

Affected Version<= 2.1.3

CVSS7.5High

CVECVE-2015-9337

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Vulnerability Overview

The profile-builder plugin before 2.1.4 for WordPress has no access control for activating or deactivating addons via AJAX.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.1.4, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control) The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-9337 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1bd80ab9-260a-46c5-949e-c1d5dcb32523

CVSS Vector

7.5

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityNone

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