SB2019012801 - Privilege escalation in Total Donations plugin for WordPress
Published: January 28, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019012801
Severity
High
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6703)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges.The weakness exists due to improper access control in migla_ajax_functions.php in the Calmar Webmedia Total Donations plugin. A remote attacker can send requests to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php, call the miglaA_update_me action to change arbitrary options and gain administrative access to affected WordPress sites.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in site takeover.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.