FTP Access <= 1.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2023-3510
CVSS Medium (6.4)
Publicly Published August 22, 2023
Last Updated October 24, 2024
Researcher Bob Matyas
Description

The FTP Access plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the FTPMenu() function hooked via admin_menu in versions up to, and including, 1.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions, and above to modify the plugin's settings and inject malicious JavaScript that execute whenever a user accesses the injected page.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug ftp-access (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 1.0
Patched Version
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