Media from FTP <= 11.15 - Improper Privilege Management

Improper Privilege Management
CVE Not available
CVSS Medium (6.3)
Publicly Published July 31, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Marc-Alexandre Montpas
Description

The Media from FTP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to improper privilege management due to an insufficient capability check on the plugin's menu pages in versions up to, and including, 11.15. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with author-level permissions to modify plugin settings.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug media-from-ftp (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 11.16
Patched Version
  • 11.16
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