Debug Log Manager <= 2.2.1 - Missing Authorization

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2023-6136
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published November 23, 2023
Last Updated January 24, 2024
Researcher Dmitrii Ignatyev, Joshua Chan
Description

The Debug Log Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized loss of data due to a missing capability check on the clear_log() function hooked via AJAX in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.1. This makes it possible for attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to clear the debug logs.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug debug-log-manager (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.2.1
Patched Version
  • 2.2.2
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