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Paper/Archive/CVE-2021-25032

CVE-2021-25032

Unknown PublishPress Capabilities – User Role Access, Editor Permissions, Admin Menus — PublishPress Capabilities < 2.3.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Options Update to Blog Compromise

EPSS 7%CVSS 9.8
critical.is priorityof 100
48
CVSS 9.8 (NVD)9.8 / 10 × 3029.4Not in CISA KEV+300.0EPSS percentile 93.9.939 × 2018.8No public exploit+100.0SSVC exploitation: unknown+100.0
Description · from the CVE record

The PublishPress Capabilities WordPress plugin before 2.3.1, PublishPress Capabilities Pro WordPress plugin before 2.3.1 does not have authorisation and CSRF checks when updating the plugin's settings via the init hook, and does not ensure that the options to be updated belong to the plugin. As a result, unauthenticated attackers could update arbitrary blog options, such as the default role and make any new registered user with an administrator role.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
PublishPress Capabilities – User Role Access, Editor Permissions, Admin Menus2.0 – < 2.0*2.0*CNA
PublishPress Capabilities – User Role Access, Editor Permissions, Admin Menus2.3.1 – < 2.3.12.3.1CNA
PublishPress Capabilities Pro2.0 – < 2.0*2.0*CNA
PublishPress Capabilities Pro2.3.1 – < 2.3.12.3.1CNA

Scores by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

refwpscan.com/vulnerability/2f0f1a32-0c7a-48e6-8617-e0b2dcf62727refplugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2640161