JoomSport <= 5.3.0 - Missing Authorization

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2024-43355
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published August 16, 2024
Last Updated August 19, 2024
Researcher Trương Hữu Phúc (truonghuuphuc)
Description

The JoomSport plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the joomsport_update_option and joomsport_senddeactivation functions in versions up to, and including, 5.3.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to send/set a deactivation reason for the plugin.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug joomsport-sports-league-results-management (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 5.3.0
Patched Version
  • 5.5.7
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