WP Custom Admin Interface <= 7.32 - Missing Authorization to Transients Deletion

2023-09-29 00:00

Abdi Pranata

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 7.33

Affected PluginWP Custom Admin Interface

Affected Version< 7.33

CVSS4.3Medium

CVECVE-2023-44988

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Vulnerability Overview

The WP Custom Admin Interface plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the wp_custom_admin_interface_delete_transients function in versions up to, and including, 7.32. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level privileges and above, to delete plugin transients.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 7.33, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-306 (Missing Authentication for Critical Function) The product does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-44988 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/418b9138-9ae0-41f1-a75b-69cbcaffbb88

CVSS Vector

4.3

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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