CVE-2021-38312

Gutenberg Template Library & Redux Framework <= 4.2.11 Incorrect Authorization check to Arbitrary plugin installation and post deletion

State: Published
Severity: 7.1 High
Published: Sep 2, 2021
Updated: May 5, 2025
Reserved: Aug 9, 2021

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Description

The Gutenberg Template Library & Redux Framework plugin <= 4.2.11 for WordPress used an incorrect authorization check in the REST API endpoints registered under the “redux/v1/templates/” REST Route in “redux-templates/classes/class-api.php”. The `permissions_callback` used in this file only checked for the `edit_posts` capability which is granted to lower-privileged users such as contributors, allowing such users to install arbitrary plugins from the WordPress repository and edit arbitrary posts.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.1 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L	Wordfence

Weaknesses

CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization
CWE-280 Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Gutenberg Template Library & Redux FrameworkRedux.io	4.2.11 through 4.2.11Affected

References

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/09/over-1-million-sites-affected-by-redux-framework-vulnerabilities/

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