Alphabetic Pagination <= 3.0.7 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Options Update

Missing Authorization
CVE Not available
CVSS Critical (9.1)
Publicly Published August 25, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Description

The Alphabetic Pagination plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on the api_update_settings function in versions up to, and including, 3.0.7. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers update settings not limited to those of the plugin.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug alphabetic-pagination (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.0.7
Patched Version
  • 3.0.8
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