Post Slider <= 1.6.7 - Missing Authorization

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2022-40975
CVSS Medium (6.5)
Publicly Published October 6, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher ptsfence
Description

The Post Slider plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on the toggle_featured_post() function in versions up to, and including, 1.6.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to change featured posts.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug adl-post-slider (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 1.6.7
Patched Version
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