ACF to REST API <= 3.2.0 - Insecure direct object reference via permalinks manipulation

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
CVE CVE-2020-13700
CVSS High (7.5)
Publicly Published May 29, 2020
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Mariusz Poplawski
Description

An issue was discovered in the acf-to-rest-api plugin through 3.1.0 for WordPress. It allows an insecure direct object reference via permalinks manipulation, as demonstrated by a wp-json/acf/v3/options/ request that reads sensitive information in the wp_options table, such as the login and pass values. Issue was finally patched in 3.3.0

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug acf-to-rest-api (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.2.0
Patched Version
  • 3.3.0
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