wpDataTables (Premium) <= 3.4.1 - Improper Access Control leading to Table Permission Takeover

Improper Access Control
CVE CVE-2021-24197
CVSS High (8.1)
Publicly Published March 16, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Veno Eivazian, Massimiliano Ferraresi
Description

The wpDataTables – Tables & Table Charts premium WordPress plugin before 3.4.2 has Improper Access Control. A low privilege authenticated user that visits the page where the table is published can tamper the parameters to access the data of another user that are present in the same table by taking over the user permissions on the table through formdata[wdt_ID] parameter. By exploiting this issue an attacker is able to access and manage the data of all users in the same table. Please note that this only affects the premium version of the plugin which shares the same slug as the free version.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wpdatatables (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.4.2
Patched Version
  • 3.4.2
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