WP Social Comments <= 1.7.2 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Settings Change

Missing Authorization
CVE Not available
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published December 12, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Description

The WP Social Comments plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check in the 'wpfc_allow_comments' function in versions up to, and including, 1.7.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level permissions or above, to enable or disable Facebook comments on any post.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug gs-facebook-comments (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.7.2
Patched Version
  • 1.7.3
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