WP Marketplace – Complete Shopping Cart / eCommerce Solution <= 2.4.0 - Arbitrary File Download

2015-03-21 00:00

Kacper Szurek

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.4.1

Affected PluginWP Marketplace – Complete Shopping Cart / eCommerce Solution

Affected Version< 2.4.1

CVSS8.8High

CVECVE-2014-9013

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Vulnerability Overview

The ajaxinit function in wpmarketplace/libs/cart.php in the WP Marketplace plugin 2.4.0 for WordPress allows remote authenticated users to create arbitrary users and gain admin privileges via a request to wpmp_pp_ajax_call with an execution target of wp_insert_user.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.4.1, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-287 (Improper Authentication) When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9013 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/091b2d1d-983a-45ab-935e-635991e8bc8b

CVSS Vector

8.8

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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