WP Cleanfix <= 5.6.2 - Missing Authorization via register

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2023-48775
CVSS High (7.1)
Publicly Published November 28, 2023
Last Updated March 25, 2024
Researcher Abdi Pranata
Description

The WP Cleanfix plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data and modification of data due to a missing capability check on the register function in versions up to, and including, 5.6.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to find and replace post, comment, and postmeta content as well as compacting the database.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-cleanfix (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 5.6.2
Patched Version
  • 5.7.0
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