Description

WordPress Plugin Alphabetic Pagination is prone to a security bypass vulnerability. Exploiting this issue may allow attackers to perform otherwise restricted actions and subsequently update plugins's settings and allow registration with a default role of administrator. WordPress Plugin Alphabetic Pagination version 3.0.7 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 3.0.8 or latest

References

https://sploitus.com/exploit?id=WPEX-ID:3D72B705-F1AB-4E20-AA2D-426B3151EEEA

https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/alphabetic-pagination/trunk/readme.txt

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Severity

High

Classification

CWE-862 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update Authentication Bypass