WP Dashboard Notes <= 1.0.10 - Insecure Direct Object References to Authenticated Private Note Deletion

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
CVE CVE-2023-7198
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published December 19, 2023
Last Updated March 22, 2024
Researcher Pedro Cuco (Illex)
Description

The WP Dashboard Notes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.10 via the 'post_id' parameter due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers to delete private notes associated with other user accounts.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-dashboard-notes (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.0.10
Patched Version
  • 1.0.11
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