WCFM Frontend Manager <= 6.6.0 - Missing Authorization

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2022-4937
CVSS Medium (6.3)
Publicly Published April 5, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Chloe Chamberland
Description

The WCFM Frontend Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification and access of data in versions up to, and including, 6.6.0 due to missing capability checks on various AJAX actions. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as subscribers, to perform a wide variety of actions such as modifying knowledge bases, modifying notices, modifying payments, managing vendors, capabilities, and so much more. There were hundreds of AJAX endpoints affected.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wc-frontend-manager (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • 6.6.0 - 6.6.0
Patched Version
  • 6.6.1
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