LWS Plugins <= (Various Versions) - Missing Authorization Checks

Missing Authorization
CVE Not available
CVSS High (8.8)
Publicly Published December 12, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Description

Several LWS Plugins for WordPress are vulnerable to authorization bypass due to making admin settings pages available to users with read access (LWS Affiliation in versions up to, and including, 2.1; LWS Optimize in versions up to, and including, 1.5; LWS Tools in versions up to, and including, 2.1; LWS Cleaner in versions up to, and including, 2.0.3; LWS SMS in versions up to, and including, 2.1; LWS Hide Login in versions up to, and including, 2.0.2). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to change plugin settings.

References

6 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug lws-affiliation (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.1
Patched Version
  • 2.2
Software Type Plugin
Software Slug lws-sms (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.1
Patched Version
  • 2.1.5
Software Type Plugin
Software Slug lws-cleaner (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.0.3
Patched Version
  • 2.1
Software Type Plugin
Software Slug lws-tools (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.1
Patched Version
  • 2.2
Software Type Plugin
Software Slug lws-hide-login (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.0.2
Patched Version
  • 2.1
Software Type Plugin
Software Slug lws-optimize (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.5
Patched Version
  • 1.6
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