Reviews and Rating – Google My Business <= 4.14 - Missing Authorization

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2023-23986
CVSS High (8.3)
Publicly Published January 20, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher István Márton
Description

The Reviews and Rating – Google My Business plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to missing capability checks on several functions in versions up to, and including, 4.14. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to modify restricted data and perform actions intended only for administrators like clearing cache, resetting reviews, and more.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug g-business-reviews-rating (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • 4.14 - 4.14
Patched Version
  • 4.15
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