Description

WordPress Plugin Store Locator Plus for WordPress is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability. Exploiting this issue may allow attackers to bypass the expected capabilities check and perform otherwise restricted actions; other attacks are also possible. WordPress Plugin Store Locator Plus for WordPress version 5.5.14 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 5.7 or latest

References

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/04/severe-unpatched-vulnerabilities-leads-to-closure-of-store-locator-plus-plugin/

https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/store-locator-le/trunk/readme.txt

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2021-24289 CWE-264 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update Privilege Escalation