CVE-2022-3622
Blog2Social <= 6.9.11 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Settings Update
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Description
The Blog2Social plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to missing capability checks in versions up to, and including, 6.9.11. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to change some plugin settings intended to be modifiable by admins only.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/blog2social/tags/6.9.10/includes/B2S/Settings/Item.php#L116
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2795052%40blog2social&new=2795052%40blog2social&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2796598%40blog2social&new=2796598%40blog2social&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
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