Branded Social Images <= 1.1.0 - Missing Authorization leading to Unauthenticated Plugin Settings Updates

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2023-28536
CVSS Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published March 20, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Yuki Haruma
Description

The Branded Social Images plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'process_post' function in versions up to, and including, 1.1.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to view and change the plugin settings.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug branded-social-images (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.1.0
Patched Version
  • 1.1.1
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