WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Controlled Admin Access < 1.5.2 - Improper Access Control & Privilege Escalation

Description

An Improper Access Control vulnerability was discovered in the plugin. Uncontrolled access to the website customization functionality and global CMS settings, like /wp-admin/customization.php and /wp-admin/options.php, can lead to a complete compromise of the target resource.

Even with the maximum restrictions for a temporary administrator account, several attack vectors are possible against the targeted website, the simplest and fastest is raising system privileges to the administrator level (w/o restrictions) and taking full control of the attacked website.

Proof of Concept

Affects Plugins

References

Classification

Type
ACCESS CONTROLS
CWE
CVSS

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
m0ze
Submitter
m0ze
Submitter website
Submitter twitter
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2021-03-23 (about 4 years ago)
Added
2021-03-23 (about 4 years ago)
Last Updated
2021-03-30 (about 4 years ago)

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