WP Sticky Button <= 1.4 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Settings Update

2022-08-01 00:00

Krzysztof Zając

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.4.1

Affected PluginWP Sticky Button – Click to Chat

Affected Version<= 1.4

CVSS6.3Medium

CVECVE-2022-2375

View all WP Sticky Button – Click to Chat vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Overview

The WP Sticky Button plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthenticated plugin settings update in versions up to, and including, 1.4, due to missing authorization on the okapi_wasb_save_settings AJAX action. This allows unauthenticated attackers to update arbitrary plugin settings.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.4.1, 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-2022-2375 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a39e9b54-6beb-4dbd-a4cf-ba05e73a58a0

CVSS Vector

6.3

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

Base

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

This record contains material that is subject to copyright

CVE Usage: MITRE hereby grants you a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license to reproduce, prepare derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE®). Any copy you make for such purposes is authorized provided that you reproduce MITRE's copyright designation and this license in any such copy.

https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse

Defiant hereby grants you a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license to reproduce, prepare derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute this software vulnerability information. Any copy of the software vulnerability information you make for such purposes is authorized provided that you include a hyperlink to this vulnerability record and reproduce Defiant's copyright designation and this license in any such copy.

https://www.wordfence.com/wordfence-intelligence-terms-and-conditions/