Product Category Tree <= 2.5 - Missing Authorization

Missing Authorization

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

CVE	CVE-2023-29173
CVSS	Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published	July 5, 2023
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	Friday

Description

The Product Category Tree plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized use of functionality due to a missing capability check on one of its functions in versions up to, and including, 2.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to make use of this functionality.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	product-category-tree (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	No
Affected Version	<= 2.5
Patched Version

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