what3words Address Field <= 4.0.0 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Sensitive Information Exposure in class-w3w-autosuggest-public.php

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE CVE-2021-4428
CVSS Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published July 18, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Description

The what3words Address Field plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in versions up to, and including, 4.0.0 in class-w3w-autosuggest-public.php. This can allow authenticated attackers, with administrator-level privileges and above, to extract sensitive data.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug 3-word-address-validation-field (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 4.0.0
Patched Version
  • 4.0.1
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