Squaretype - Modern Blog WordPress Theme < 3.0.4 - Authorization Bypass

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
CVE CVE-2021-24840
CVSS Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published October 11, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Emil Kylander Edwartz
Description

The Squaretype WordPress theme before 3.0.4 allows unauthenticated users to manipulate the query_vars used to retrieve the posts to display in one of its REST endpoint, without any validation. As a result, private and scheduled posts could be retrieved via a crafted request.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Theme
Software Slug squaretype (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.0.4
Patched Version
  • 3.0.4
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