Simple Custom Post Order <= 2.5.7 - Missing Authorization

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2024-49321
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published October 15, 2024
Last Updated October 18, 2024
Researcher Rafie Muhammad
Description

The Simple Custom Post Order plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the update_menu_order_tags() function in versions up to, and including, 2.5.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to update order tags.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug simple-custom-post-order (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.5.7
Patched Version
  • 2.5.8
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