Top 10 – Popular posts plugin for WordPress <= 3.2.3 - Missing Authorization on tptn_ajax_clearcache

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2023-25993
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published February 20, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Rafshanzani Suhada
Description

The Top 10 – Popular posts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized cache deletion due to a missing capability check on the tptn_ajax_clearcache function in versions up to, and including, 3.2.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access to delete the plugin's cache.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug top-10 (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.2.3
Patched Version
  • 3.2.4
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