SB2019080301 - Improper Privilege Management in Nicdark Travel Management for WordPress
Published: August 3, 2019 Updated: August 5, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019080301
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" and change the blog settings, for instance the site URL, the admin email address, user roles and capabilities, or give administrator privilege to any new registered user.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.