WP Post Author – Enhance Your Posts with the Author Bio, Co-Authors, Guest Authors, and Post Rating System, including User Registration Form Builder <= 3.7.4 - Missing Authorization

2024-05-06 00:00

Kyle Sanchez

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 3.7.5

Affected PluginWP Post Author – Author Box, Multiple Authors, Guest Authors & Custom Avatars

Affected Version<= 3.7.4

CVSS4.3Medium

CVECVE-2024-34389

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Vulnerability Overview

The WP Post Author plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the awpa_pro_api_post_rating_review() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.7.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to leave reviews on private posts.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 3.7.5, 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-2024-34389 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/df681544-f64b-4590-a377-08b05693ff1f

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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