WP Mail Log <= 1.1.2 - Incorrect Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Data Viewing and Deletion

Incorrect Authorization
CVE CVE-2023-5644
CVSS Medium (6.4)
Publicly Published November 28, 2023
Last Updated October 24, 2024
Researcher dc11
Description

The WP Mail Log plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to an insufficient capability check on the check_permission() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to access REST routes that they should not have access to and delete data.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-mail-log (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.1.2
Patched Version
  • 1.1.3
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