Ultimate WordPress Auction Plugin <= 4.2.9 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Post Deletion
Vulnerability Description
The Ultimate WordPress Auction Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access to functionality in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to delete arbitrary auctions, posts as well as pages and allows them to execute other actions related to auction handling.
Impact Analysis
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Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:
- Brian Sans-Souci
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/af3675c9-3a6b-4139-85e8-2fc57f290e82?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-auction/trunk/ultimate-auction.php#L274
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-auction/trunk/ultimate-auction.php#L219
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-auction/trunk/ajax-actions/send-private-msg.php#L35
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3242416/ultimate-auction/trunk/ultimate-auction.php
Affected Vendor
nitesh_singh
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