MainWP Boilerplate Extension <= 4.1 - Missing Authorization to Plugin Settings Change

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2023-23745
CVSS Medium (6.4)
Publicly Published January 17, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Dave Jong
Description

The MainWP Boilerplate Extension plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in versions up to, and including, 4.1 due to a missing capability check. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to change the plugin's settings.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug boilerplate-extension (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 4.1
Patched Version
  • 4.1.1
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