Optinly <= 1.0.18 - Missing Authorization to Plugin Settings Change

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2022-41647
CVSS High (7.1)
Publicly Published October 12, 2022
Last Updated July 15, 2024
Researcher ptsfence
Description

The Optinly plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on several AJAX actions in versions up to, and including, 1.0.18. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to change certain plugin settings.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug optinly (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.0.18
Patched Version
  • 1.0.19
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