Ultimate FAQ <= 2.1.1 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary FAQ Creation

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2021-24968
CVSS Medium (5.7)
Publicly Published December 27, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Krzysztof Zając
Description

The Ultimate FAQ WordPress plugin before 2.1.2 does not have capability and CSRF checks in the ewd_ufaq_welcome_add_faq and ewd_ufaq_welcome_add_faq_page AJAX actions, available to any authenticated users. As a result, any users, with a role as low as Subscriber could create FAQ and FAQ questions

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug ultimate-faqs (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.1.2
Patched Version
  • 2.1.2
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