Zippy <= 1.6.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Sensitive Information Disclosure

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE CVE-2023-26533
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published March 30, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Junsu Yeo
Description

The Zippy plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in versions up to, and including, 1.6.1 via the adminInit function. This can allow authenticated attackers with access to the post editor, such as contributors, to create an export that will contain sensitive author information, such as usernames and password hashes.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug zippy (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.6.1
Patched Version
  • 1.6.2
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