Form Lightbox <= 2.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Options Update

Missing Authorization
CVE Not available
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published July 19, 2016
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Description

The Form Lightbox plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary option updates due to a missing capability check in the /ajax.php file in versions up to, and including, 2.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to edit arbitrary site options which can be used to create administrator accounts.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug form-lightbox (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 2.1
Patched Version
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