Description

WordPress Plugin Web Application Firewall-website security 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 Web Application Firewall-website security version 2.1.1 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 2.1.2 or latest

References

https://sploitus.com/exploit?id=WPEX-ID:D95F761F-5385-482A-8C69-560E920267AF

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2024/03/critical-vulnerability-remains-unpatched-in-two-permanently-closed-miniorange-wordpress-plugins-1250-bounty-awarded/

https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/web-application-firewall/trunk/readme.txt

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2024-2172 CWE-269 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/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