WP Edit Menu < 1.5.0 - Missing Authorization to Post Deletion

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2022-2276
CVSS High (7.5)
Publicly Published August 1, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Johannes Gangsö
Description

The WP Edit Menu plugin for WordPress lacks authorization checks on one of its ajax action and is vulnerable to Arbitrary Post Deletion in versions below 1.5.0. This is due to a missing capability check in the function wpem_remove_menu_entry. This makes it possible for an unauthenticated attacker to delete posts and pages.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-edit-menu (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.5.0
Patched Version
  • 1.5.0
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