Visual CSS Style Editor <= 7.2.0 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Options Update

2019-04-11 00:00

Anonymous

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 7.2.1

Affected PluginVisual CSS Style Editor

Affected Version< 7.2.1

CVSS9.8Critical

CVECVE-2019-11886

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Vulnerability Overview

The WaspThemes Visual CSS Style Editor (aka yellow-pencil-visual-theme-customizer) plugin before 7.2.1 for WordPress allows yp_option_update by unauthenticated users and lacks CSRF protection, as demonstrated by use of yp_remote_get to obtain admin access.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 7.2.1, 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-2019-11886 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b4b3b4a4-9a56-49b8-b3d3-7e50954b4487

CVSS Vector

9.8

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

Base

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

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