tagDiv Composer < 3.5 - Unauthorized Account Access and Privilege Escalation

Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
CVE CVE-2022-3477
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published October 24, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Truoc Phan
Description

The tagDiv Composer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Unauthorized Account Access and Privilege Escalation in versions up to, but not including, 3.5 due to improper implementation of the Facebook login feature. This allows unauthenticated attackers to log in as any user as long as they know the user's email address. This plugin is used in several themes such as Newspaper and Newsmag.

References

3 affected software package

Software Type Theme
Software Slug Newspaper (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 12
Patched Version
  • 12.1
Software Type Theme
Software Slug newsmag (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 5.2.1
Patched Version
  • 5.2.2
Software Type Plugin
Software Slug td-composer (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.5
Patched Version
  • 3.5
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