Permalink Manager Lite <= 2.2.20 - Missing Authorization

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2022-41781
CVSS Medium (6.5)
Publicly Published November 1, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Nguyen Anh Tien
Description

The Permalink Manager Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on the extra_actions function in versions up to, and including, 2.2.20. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to remove URIs, plugin data, and flush sitemaps.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug permalink-manager (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.2.20
Patched Version
  • 2.2.20.1
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