#VU19592 Improper Privilege Management in ND Shortcodes For Visual Composer
Published: August 1, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU19592
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Amber
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-269
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
ND Shortcodes For Visual Composer
ND Shortcodes For Visual Composer
Software vendor:
Nicdark
Nicdark
Description
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 updates from vendor's website.