WordPress Leads < 1.6.3 - Authorization Bypass

Missing Authorization
CVE Not available
CVSS Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published March 31, 2015
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher James Hooker
Description

The WordPress Leads plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on multiple functions in versions up to, and including, 1.6.2. This makes it possible for unathenticated attackers to include malicious content in Leads, which may be executed upon viewing in the dashboard at the current logged-in user's level of permissions.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug leads (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.6.3
Patched Version
  • 1.6.3
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