All Users Messenger <= 1.24 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Insecure Direct Object Reference to Message Deletion

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
CVE CVE-2023-4023
CVSS Medium (5.4)
Publicly Published August 7, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Dmitrii Ignatyev
Description

The All Users Messenger plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in versions up to, and including, 1.24 due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This can allow authenticated attackers with subscriber access to delete arbitrary messages.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug all-users-messenger (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 1.24
Patched Version
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