Projectopia – WordPress Project Management <= 5.1.19 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Attachment Deletion
Vulnerability Description
The Projectopia – WordPress Project Management plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the pto_delete_file AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.19. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary attachments.
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:
- Athiwat Tiprasaharn
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/940c6a27-05a2-4eca-89ee-b483f88b9524?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/projectopia-core/trunk/includes/functions/general/general_functions.php#L389
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3417635/projectopia-core/trunk/includes/functions/general/general_functions.php
Affected Vendor
projectopia
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