Vulnerability · Published Jan 10, 2022 · Assigned by WPScan
CVE-2021-25032PublishPress Capabilities < 2.3.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Options Update to Blog Compromise
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity cross-site request forgery in PublishPress Capabilities – User Role Access, Editor Permissions, Admin Menus from Unknown. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 7.1% (higher than 94% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Nuclei, public proof-of-concept code.
Official description
The PublishPress Capabilities WordPress plugin before 2.3.1, PublishPress Capabilities Pro WordPress plugin before 2.3.1 does not have authorisation and CSRF checks when updating the plugin's settings via the init hook, and does not ensure that the options to be updated belong to the plugin. As a result, unauthenticated attackers could update arbitrary blog options, such as the default role and make any new registered user with an administrator role.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | PublishPress Capabilities – User Role Access, Editor Permissions, Admin Menus | 2.0 – before 2.0*2.3.1 – before 2.3.1 |
| Unknown | PublishPress Capabilities Pro | 2.0 – before 2.0*2.3.1 – before 2.3.1 |
Weakness: CWE-352, CWE-862