Post Expirator <= 2.5.1 - Contributor+ Arbitrary Post Schedule Deletion

Incorrect Authorization

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CVE	CVE-2021-24783
CVSS	Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published	October 11, 2021
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	apple502j

Description

The Post Expirator WordPress plugin before 2.6.0 does not have proper capability checks in place, which could allow users with a role as low as Contributor to schedule deletion of arbitrary posts.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	post-expirator (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 2.5.1
Patched Version	2.6.0

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