WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Controlled Admin Access < 1.5.2 - Improper Access Control & Privilege Escalation
Description
An Improper Access Control vulnerability was discovered in the plugin. Uncontrolled access to the website customization functionality and global CMS settings, like /wp-admin/customization.php and /wp-admin/options.php, can lead to a complete compromise of the target resource.
Even with the maximum restrictions for a temporary administrator account, several attack vectors are possible against the targeted website, the simplest and fastest is raising system privileges to the administrator level (w/o restrictions) and taking full control of the attacked website.
Proof of Concept
Created a temporary admin account via the plugin (/wp-admin/users.php?page=controlled_admin_access), with limited access and open the below URLs which should not be accessible ### -- [ PoC #1 | Improper Access Control | Customize: ] [!] https://example.com/wp-admin/customize.php ### -- [ PoC #2 | Improper Access Control | All Settings: ] [!] https://example.com/wp-admin/options.php
Affects Plugins
References
Classification
Type
ACCESS CONTROLS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
m0ze
Submitter
m0ze
Submitter website
Submitter twitter
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2021-03-23 (about 3 years ago)
Added
2021-03-23 (about 3 years ago)
Last Updated
2021-03-30 (about 3 years ago)