Zippy <= 1.6.2 - Missing Authorization via adminInit

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2023-34381
CVSS Medium (6.5)
Publicly Published July 12, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Emili Castells
Description

The Zippy plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized archiving and unarchiving of pages due to a missing capability check on the adminInit function in versions up to, and including, 1.6.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to archive and unarchive pages.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug zippy (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.6.2
Patched Version
  • 1.6.3
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