ContentStudio <= 1.2.5 - Missing Authorization

9.8
Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2023-0556
CVSS 9.8 (Critical)
Publicly Published January 6, 2023
Last Updated February 3, 2023
Researcher Marco Wotschka - Wordfence

Description

The ContentStudio plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on several functions in versions up to, and including, 1.2.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to obtain the blog metadata (via the function cstu_get_metadata) that includes the plugin's contentstudio_token. Knowing this token allows for other interactions with the plugin such as creating posts in versions prior to 1.2.5, which added other requirements to posting and updating.

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Vulnerability Details for ContentStudio

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug contentstudio (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.2.6, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.2.5
Patched Version
  • 1.2.6

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