WP Fast Total Search <= 1.68.232 - Missing Authorization

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2024-38714
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published July 11, 2024
Last Updated July 17, 2024
Researcher Majed Refaea
Description

The WP Fast Total Search plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on several functions like ajax_set_pause, ajax_se_style_preview, and WPFTS_jxResponse in versions up to, and including, 1.68.232. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to modify plugin settings.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug fulltext-search (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.68.232
Patched Version
  • 1.69.234
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