Editorial Calendar <= 3.7.12 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Insecure Direct Object Reference

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
CVE CVE-2023-36520
CVSS Medium (5.4)
Publicly Published June 27, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Elliot
Description

The Editorial Calendar plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to insecure direct object reference in versions up to, and including, 3.7.12. This is due to insufficient validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level capabilities and above to perform actions on objects they aren't intended to manipulate.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug editorial-calendar (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.7.12
Patched Version
  • 3.8.0
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