WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

wpDataTables < 3.4.2 - Improper Access Control leading to Table Permission Takeover

Description

The plugin has Improper Access Control. A low privilege authenticated user that visits the page where the table is published can tamper the parameters to access the data of another user that are present in the same table by taking over the user permissions on the table through formdata[wdt_ID] parameter. By exploiting this issue an attacker is able to access and manage the data of all users in the same table.

Note: This affect the premium version of the plugin, however, both the premium and free plugins have the same slug.

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 3.4.2

References

Classification

Type
ACCESS CONTROLS
CWE
CVSS

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Veno Eivazian, Massimiliano Ferraresi
Submitter
Veno Eivazian
Submitter website
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2021-03-16 (about 4 years ago)
Added
2021-03-25 (about 4 years ago)
Last Updated
2021-03-28 (about 4 years ago)

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