Essential Grid <= 3.0.18 - Missing Authorization

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2023-47771
CVSS High (8.3)
Publicly Published November 14, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Rafie Muhammad
Description

The Essential Grid plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of functionality due to a missing capability check on several functions in versions up to, and including, 3.0.18. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to access those functions intended for higher privileged users. The exact consequences are not known.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug essential-grid (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.0.18
Patched Version
  • 3.0.19
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