Bold Timeline Lite <= 1.1.9 - Missing Authorization to Admin Notice Dismissal

Missing Authorization

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CVE	CVE-2023-45110
CVSS	Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published	October 6, 2023
Last Updated	April 17, 2024
Researcher	Abdi Pranata

Description

The Bold Timeline Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a logic error on the bold_timeline_wpdocs_this_screen function in versions up to, and including, 1.1.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to dismiss a plugin notice intended for administrators.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	bold-timeline-lite (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 1.1.9
Patched Version	1.2.0

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