Employee Spotlight – Team Member Showcase & Meet the Team Plugin <= 5.1.3 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Tracking Opt-In/Opt-Out Modification
Vulnerability Description
The Employee Spotlight – Team Member Showcase & Meet the Team Plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized tracking settings modification due to missing authorization validation on the employee_spotlight_check_optin() function in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to enable or disable tracking settings.
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:
- Abhirup Konwar
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/19738a82-8c31-45bb-a869-68e357299eb5?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/employee-spotlight/trunk/includes/plugin-feedback-functions.php#L19
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/employee-spotlight/tags/5.1.3/includes/plugin-feedback-functions.php#L19
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3418117%40employee-spotlight&new=3418117%40employee-spotlight&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
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