WP Simple HTML Sitemap <= 2.7 - Missing Authorization

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2023-49850
CVSS Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published December 7, 2023
Last Updated March 28, 2024
Researcher Abdi Pranata
Description

The WP Simple HTML Sitemap plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on an several functions in versions up to, and including, 2.7. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to perform an unauthorized action.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-simple-html-sitemap (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.7
Patched Version
  • 2.8
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