Mega Addons For WPBakery Page Builder <= 4.3.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Settings Update

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2022-4501
CVSS High (7.1)
Publicly Published December 14, 2022
Last Updated December 5, 2024
Researcher Marco Wotschka
Description

The Mega Addons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on the vc_saving_data function in versions up to, and including, 4.3.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to update the plugin's settings.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug mega-addons-for-visual-composer (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 4.3.0
Patched Version
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