Description

WordPress Plugin Visual Link Preview is prone to a security bypass vulnerability. Exploiting this issue may allow attackers to perform otherwise restricted actions and subsequently get the titles of password-protected posts, or search through content of Draft posts. WordPress Plugin Visual Link Preview version 2.2.2 is vulnerable; prior versions are also affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 2.2.3 or latest

References

https://sploitus.com/exploit?id=WPEX-ID:854B23D9-E3F8-4835-8D29-140C580F11C9

https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/visual-link-preview/trunk/readme.txt

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2021-24635 CWE-264 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update Authentication Bypass