WP Shamsi <= 4.1.0 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Plugin Deactivation

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2022-4555
CVSS Medium (6.5)
Publicly Published November 28, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Chloe Chamberland
Description

The WP Shamsi plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on the deactivate() function hooked via init() in versions up to, and including, 4.1.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to deactivate arbitrary plugins on the site. This can be used to deactivate security plugins that aids in exploiting other vulnerabilities.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-shamsi (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 4.1.0
Patched Version
  • 4.1.1
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