Change Memory Limit <= 1.0 - Missing Authorization via admin_logic()

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2024-1093
CVSS Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published March 4, 2024
Last Updated March 5, 2024
Researcher Francesco Carlucci
Description

The Change Memory Limit plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the admin_logic() function hooked via admin_init in all versions up to, and including, 1.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the memory limit.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug change-memory-limit (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 1.0
Patched Version
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