WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

PostX < 4.1.17 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Plugin Installation/Activation

Description

The Post Grid Gutenberg Blocks and WordPress Blog Plugin – PostX plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized plugin installation/activation due to a missing capability check on the 'install_required_plugin_callback' function in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.16. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to install and activate arbitrary plugins which can be leveraged to achieve remote code execution if another vulnerable plugin is installed and activated.

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 4.1.17

References

Classification

Type
NO AUTHORISATION
CWE
CVSS

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Sean Murphy
Verified
No

Timeline

Publicly Published
2024-11-15 (about 1 year ago)
Added
2024-11-15 (about 1 year ago)
Last Updated
2024-11-16 (about 1 year ago)

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