WP Scraper <= 5.7 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Page/Post Creation

2024-05-21 18:42

Lucio Sá

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 5.8

Affected PluginWP Scraper

Affected Version<= 5.7

CVSS4.3Medium

CVECVE-2024-3663

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Vulnerability Overview

The WP Scraper plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the wp_scraper_multi_scrape_action() function in all versions up to, and including, 5.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to create arbitrary pages and posts.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 5.8, 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-2024-3663 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1a4bc52d-5771-4e7b-a394-772f2a5edbd7

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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