Description

WordPress Plugin Cryptocurrency Widgets-Price Ticker & Coins List is prone to a security bypass vulnerability. Exploiting this issue may allow attackers to perform otherwise restricted actions and subsequently download and extract a remote ZIP file on the blog, which can lead to remote code execution. WordPress Plugin Cryptocurrency Widgets-Price Ticker & Coins List version 2.4 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 2.5 or latest

References

https://blog.nintechnet.com/8-wordpress-plugins-fixed-high-severity-vulnerability/

https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/cryptocurrency-price-ticker-widget/trunk/readme.txt

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Severity

High

Classification

CWE-94 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update Authentication Bypass