The WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the wpematico_import_settings function in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.24. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to update arbitrary options on the WordPress site. This can be leveraged to update the default role for registration to administrator and enable user registration for attackers to gain administrative user access.
Attack Parameters
Attack Vector
Network
Can be exploited remotely
Attack Complexity
Low
Easy to exploit
Privileges Required
Low
Basic privileges needed
User Interaction
None
No user interaction needed
Impact Assessment
Confidentiality
High
Complete data leak
Integrity
High
Complete data modification
Availability
High
Complete denial of service
CVSS Vector v3.1
Weakness Type (CWE)
References 10
https://github.com/etruel/wpematico/commit/e297f41b49c6ec76635b006dff8a964a99a1…
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpematico/tags/2.8.23/app/tools_page…
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpematico/tags/2.8.23/app/wpematico_…
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpematico/tags/2.8.23/app/wpematico_…
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpematico/tags/2.8.23/wpematico_clas…
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpematico/tags/2.8.24/app/tools_page…
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpematico/tags/2.8.24/app/wpematico_…
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpematico/tags/2.8.24/app/wpematico_…
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpematico/tags/2.8.24/wpematico_clas…
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https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4e591cb4-058d-4d8e-94…
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