Swape - App Showcase & App Store WordPress Theme < 1.2.1 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Options Update

2018-02-08 00:00

Aaron Bernstein

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.2.1

Affected ThemeSwape - App Showcase & App Store WordPress Theme

Affected Version< 1.2.1

CVSS9.8Critical

CVECVE-2018-21013

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Vulnerability Overview

The "Swape - App Showcase & App Store WordPress Theme" theme for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on the 'call_upper_load_settings' AJAX action in versions up to 1.2.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify arbitrary site options which can be used to create new administrative user accounts and achieve privilege escalation.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.2.1, 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-2018-21013 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/be2c1555-4616-4759-bd9b-12f8b3c3a3d4

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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