#VU47432 Improper access control in HyperComments

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#VU47432 Improper access control in HyperComments

Published: October 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU47432
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
HyperComments
Software vendor:
Alexandr Bazyk

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to otherwise restricted functionality.

The vulnerability exists due to the affected plugin does not validate and sanitise user input which is being concatenated to create a file path, passed to unlink(). A remote attacker can bypass implemented security restrictions and cause arbitrary file deletion.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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