SocialV - Social Network and Community BuddyPress Theme <= 2.0.15 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary File Download

2025-02-03 00:00
Lucio Sá

Strategic Overview

Vulnerability Overview

The SocialV - Social Network and Community BuddyPress Theme theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the 'socialv_send_download_file' function in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.15. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to download arbitrary files from the target system.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.0.16, 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

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