Description

WordPress Plugin WordPress Robots.txt optimization (+ XML Sitemap)-Website traffic, SEO & ranking Booster is prone to a security bypass vulnerability. Exploiting this issue may allow attackers to perform otherwise restricted actions and subsequently make unauthorized AJAX calls and access the debug logs. WordPress Plugin WordPress Robots.txt optimization (+ XML Sitemap)-Website traffic, SEO & ranking Booster version 1.4.3 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 1.4.4 or latest

References

https://sploitus.com/exploit?id=WPEX-ID:6DAE6DCA-7474-4008-9FE5-4C62B9F12D0A

https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/better-robots-txt/trunk/readme.txt

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Severity

High

Classification

CWE-862 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update Authentication Bypass