Quicksand Post Filter jQuery Plugin <= 3.1.1 - Missing Authorization via quicksand_admin_ajax

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2024-24850
CVSS Critical (9.1)
Publicly Published February 2, 2024
Last Updated February 5, 2024
Researcher Kévin Mosbahi (Mika)
Description

The Quicksand Post Filter jQuery Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized loss of data due to a missing capability check on the 'quicksand_admin_ajax' function in versions up to, and including, 3.1.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary site options.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug quicksand-jquery-post-filter (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 3.1.1
Patched Version
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