Faction <= 1.1.1 - Arbitrary Options Update

Missing Authorization
CVE Not available
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published March 10, 2015
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Evex
Description

The Faction theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in versions up to, and including, 1.1.1. This is due to a missing capabilities check on the ot_save_options function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update arbitrary site options that can allow them to escalate their privileges to that of an administrator which can lead to a full site takeover.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Theme
Software Slug fraction-theme (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 1.1.1
Patched Version
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