YARPP <= 5.30.10 - Missing Authorization

2024-08-26 00:00

Rafie Muhammad

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 5.30.11

Affected PluginYARPP – Yet Another Related Posts Plugin

Affected Version<= 5.30.10

CVSS5.3Medium

CVECVE-2024-43919

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Vulnerability Overview

The YARPP – Yet Another Related Posts Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check in the ~/includes/yarpp_pro_set_display_types.php file in all versions up to, and including, 5.30.10. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to set display types.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 5.30.11, 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-2024-43919 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/89f57714-7643-4839-9932-7a2918dc7127

CVSS Vector

5.3

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

Base

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

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