Description

WordPress Plugin AMP for WP-Accelerated Mobile Pages is prone to a security bypass vulnerability. Exploiting this issue may allow attackers to perform otherwise restricted actions and subsequently make administrative changes to a website (update the plugin's settings, download/read/upload files, inject Posts, etc). WordPress Plugin AMP for WP-Accelerated Mobile Pages version 0.9.97.19 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 0.9.97.20 or latest

References

https://gist.github.com/sybrew/eb8533c5031bd749f0c6f55f114ab70f

https://www.webarxsecurity.com/amp-plugin-vulnerability/

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2018/11/xss-injection-campaign-exploits-wordpress-amp-plugin/

https://ampforwp.com/explaining-the-this-plugin-was-closed-situation/

https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/accelerated-mobile-pages/trunk/changelog.txt

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Severity

High

Classification

CWE-264 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update Authentication Bypass