RumbleTalk Live Group Chat <= 6.1.9 - Missing Authorization via handleRequest

2023-10-13 00:00

Kévin Mosbahi (Mika)

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 6.2.0

Affected PluginRumbleTalk Live Group Chat – HTML5

Affected Version<= 6.1.9

CVSS7.6High

CVECVE-2023-45828

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Vulnerability Overview

The RumbleTalk Live Group Chat plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data, modification of data, and loss of data due to a missing capability check on the handleRequest AJAX function in versions up to, and including, 6.1.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to retrieve or update tokens, create, update, refresh, and delete chats, and create accounts.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 6.2.0, 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-2023-45828 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d9d6e168-a768-4062-9ef1-0be9d6c65c51

CVSS Vector

7.6

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityLow

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