WP Meta SEO <= 4.5.3 - Missing Authorization in 'saveSitemapSettings'

5.4
Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2023-1023
CVSS 5.4 (Medium)
Publicly Published February 24, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Marco Wotschka - Wordfence

Description

The WP Meta SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized plugin settings update due to a missing capability check on the saveSitemapSettings function in versions up to, and including, 4.5.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access to change sitemap-related settings of the plugin. This vulnerability occurred as a result of the plugin relying on nonce checks as a means of access control, and that nonce being accessible to all authenticated users regardless of role.

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1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-meta-seo (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 4.5.4, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 4.5.3
Patched Version
  • 4.5.4

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