Bulk Delete <= 5.5.3 - Missing Authorization

Missing Authorization
CVE Not available
CVSS Medium (5.4)
Publicly Published March 3, 2016
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Panagiotis Vagenas
Description

The Bulk Delete plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to missing authorization due to missing capability checks on several functions in versions before 5.5.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers to perform restricted actions which could lead to the arbitrary deletion of site content including pages, posts and users.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug bulk-delete (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 5.5.4
Patched Version
  • 5.5.4
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