Phoenix Media Rename <= 3.4.2 - Author Arbitrary Media File Renaming

Improper Access Control
CVE CVE-2021-24816
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published October 6, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher apple502j
Description

The Phoenix Media Rename WordPress plugin before 3.4.4 does not have capability checks in its phoenix_media_rename AJAX action, which could allow users with Author roles to rename any uploaded media files, including ones they do not own.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug phoenix-media-rename (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.4.2
Patched Version
  • 3.4.4
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