Injection Guard <= 1.2.1 - Missing Authorization via ig_update

4.3
Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2023-32574
CVSS 4.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published May 11, 2023
Last Updated May 15, 2023
Researcher Abdi Pranata

Description

The Injection Guard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized settings update due to a missing capability check on the ig_update and ig_update_bulk_backlist functions in versions up to, and including, 1.2.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers , with subscriber-level access and above, to make changes to IP block- and allowlists.

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Vulnerability Details for Injection Guard

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug injection-guard (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.2.2, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.2.1
Patched Version
  • 1.2.2

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