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WEB APPLICATION VULNERABILITIES Standard & Premium

WordPress Plugin FlyingPress Security Bypass (3.9.6)

Description

WordPress Plugin FlyingPress is prone to a security bypass vulnerability. Exploiting this issue may allow attackers to perform otherwise restricted actions and subsequently call AJAX actions and interact with the plugin. WordPress Plugin FlyingPress version 3.9.6 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 3.9.7 or latest

References

https://blog.nintechnet.com/wordpress-flyingpress-plugin-fixed-broken-access-control-vulnerability/

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/flying-press/flyingpress-396-missing-authorization

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2022-4948 CWE-284 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update Authentication Bypass

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