WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Tabs < 3.6.0 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Option Update

Description

The plugin does not have any authorisation in its REST API endpoint, one of them could allow unauthenticated attackers to update arbitrary blog options.

Proof of Concept

Affects Plugins

Plugin icon
vc-tabs
Fixed in 3.6.0

References

URL
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2642008
URL
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2642582

Classification

Type
NO AUTHORISATION
OWASP top 10
A5: Broken Access Control
CWE
CWE-862
CVSS
10.0 (critical)

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Antony
Submitter
WP Charged
Submitter website
https://wpcharged.nz
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
fcc471c3-9e3d-42cb-8a59-4bf1c9d9c81b

Timeline

Publicly Published
2021-12-20 (about 4 years ago)
Added
2021-12-20 (about 4 years ago)
Last Updated
2021-12-20 (about 4 years ago)

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