Simple Page Access Restriction <= 1.0.21 - Improper Access Control to Sensitive Information Exposure via REST API
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 1.0.23
- Affected Plugin
- Simple Page Access Restriction
- Affected Version
<= 1.0.21- CVSS
- 5.3Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-284 · Improper Access Control
- CVE
CVE-2024-0965
At a glance
CVE-2024-0965 is a medium-severity Improper Access Control vulnerability in the Simple Page Access Restriction WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.0.21. It carries a CVSS score of 5.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 1.0.23; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed February 2024, reported by Francesco Carlucci.
Vulnerability Overview
The Simple Page Access Restriction plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.21 via the REST API. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass the plugin's page restriction and view page content.
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 privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.
CWE-284: Improper Access Control
Reaching this weakness in Simple Page Access Restriction <= 1.0.21 takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. Improper access control means the code decides what a caller may do using something other than their actual permissions, so the decision can be wrong without any check appearing to be missing.
Whoever can shape the request decides the answer, so the protected action runs for callers the code never meant to allow. For Simple Page Access Restriction the fix is 1.0.23: builds <= 1.0.21 are affected, anything from 1.0.23 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 1.0.23, 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: Simple Page Access Restriction 1.0.23 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
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