This vulnerability is highly dangerous and expected to become exploited.
An insecure direct object reference vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to bypass authorization, authentication, access sensitive files/folders or interact with the database.
CVSS score is a way to evaluate and rank reported vulnerabilities in a standardized and repeatable way but which is not ideal for WordPress.
We advise to mitigate or resolve the vulnerability immediately.
Patchstack has issued a mitigation rule to block any attacks until you have updated to a fixed version.
Update to version 2.6.14 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users can turn on auto-update for vulnerable plugins only.
Early warning sent out to Patchstack customers
13 Nov, 2024
Published by Patchstack
13 Nov, 2024