WP EXtra <= 6.2 - Missing Authorization to .htaccess File Modification

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2023-5311
CVSS High (8.8)
Publicly Published October 24, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher GiongfNef
Description

The WP EXtra plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the register() function in versions up to, and including, 6.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to modify the contents of the .htaccess files located in a site's root directory or /wp-content and /wp-includes folders and achieve remote code execution. CVE-2023-46623 appears to be a duplicate of this issue.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-extra (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 6.2
Patched Version
  • 6.3
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