wpCentral <= 1.5.0 - Improper Access Control to Privilege Escalation

Improper Privilege Management
CVE CVE-2020-9043
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published February 17, 2020
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Chloe Chamberland
Description

The wpCentral plugin before 1.5.1 for WordPress allows disclosure of the connection key which makes it possible for an unauthenticated user to log-in to a vulnerable site as an administrator.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-central (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.5.0
Patched Version
  • 1.5.1
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