CVE-2019-14793 - Improper Access Control

Severity

55%

Complexity

80%

Confidentiality

81%

The Meta Box plugin before 4.16.3 for WordPress allows file deletion via ajax, with the wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=rwmb_delete_file attachment_id parameter.

The Meta Box plugin before 4.16.3 for WordPress allows file deletion via ajax, with the wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=rwmb_delete_file attachment_id parameter.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 6.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 5 years ago

2019-08-09 13:15:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-08-14 18:37:00

Affected Software

Meta Box for WordPress

wordpress

References

https://metabox.io/changelog/

Vendor Advisory

https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/02/01/full-disclosure-of-authenticated-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability-in-wordpress-plugin-with-300000-installs/

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