Jetpack <= 12.6.2 - Improper Authorization via WPCom External Media REST endpoints

Improper Authorization
CVE CVE-2023-47788
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published November 16, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Rafie Muhammad
Description

The Jetpack plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the WPCom External Media REST permission_callback function in versions up to and including 12.6.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to import external media even without the upload_files capability.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug jetpack (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 12.7
Patched Version
  • 12.7
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