Enfold - Responsive Multi-Purpose Theme < 4.2.1 - Information Exposure

2018-01-18 00:00
Anonymous

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 4.2.1
Affected Version
< 4.2.1
CVSS
5.3Medium
Weakness type
CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE
CVE pending
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At a glance

This record tracks a medium-severity Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in the Enfold - Responsive Multi-Purpose Theme WordPress theme, affecting versions < 4.2.1. It carries a CVSS score of 5.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 4.2.1; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed January 2018.

Vulnerability Overview

The Enfold Theme for WordPress is vulnerable the information exposure in versions up to, and including, 4.2.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Reaching this weakness in Enfold - Responsive Multi-Purpose Theme < 4.2.1 takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. Sensitive information exposure means data the application intended to keep internal is returned to a caller who should not be able to see it.

The disclosed data — credentials, tokens, customer records or internal paths — is usually worth more as material for a follow-up attack than as an end in itself. For Enfold - Responsive Multi-Purpose Theme the fix is 4.2.1: builds < 4.2.1 are affected, anything from 4.2.1 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 4.2.1, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The fix is the thing that ends this: Enfold - Responsive Multi-Purpose Theme 4.2.1 closes this, and updating the theme is the step that ends it.

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