Riskcovery

CVE-2021-25032

PublishPress Capabilities < 2.3.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Options Update to Blog Compromise

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Jan 10, 2022
Updated
Aug 3, 2024
Reserved
Jan 14, 2021

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Description

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.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

  • CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
  • CWE-862 Missing Authorization

Affected Products

ProductVersions
PublishPress Capabilities – User Role Access, Editor Permissions, Admin MenusUnknown
  • 2.0 to before 2.0*Affected
  • 2.3.1 to before 2.3.1Affected
PublishPress Capabilities ProUnknown
  • 2.0 to before 2.0*Affected
  • 2.3.1 to before 2.3.1Affected

References

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