SB2019080102 - Improper access control in ND Shortcodes For Visual Composer for WordPress
Published: August 1, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019080102
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
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) Improper Privilege Management (CVE-ID: N/A)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privilege on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to the missing capability check in the ‘update_option’ function. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted AJAX request to the "nd_options_import_settings_php_function", modify the settings of WordPress and take over the blog and its database.
Note: The vulnerability requires that the blog uses one of the several themes from the author in order to exploit it, otherwise the settings page isn’t loaded
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.