Scratch & Win – Giveaways and Contests <= 2.8.0 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Coupon Creation

2025-02-17 00:00
Peter Thaleikis

Vulnerability Overview

The Scratch & Win – Giveaways and Contests. Boost subscribers, traffic, repeat visits, referrals, sales and more plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the apmswn_create_discount() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create coupons.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.9.0, 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

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