WP Discourse <= 2.5.1 - Missing Authorization

4.3
Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2024-35168
CVSS 4.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published May 10, 2024
Last Updated May 15, 2024
Researcher Joshua Chan

Description

The WP Discourse plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on a function in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to perform an unauthorized action.

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Vulnerability Details for WP Discourse

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-discourse (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 2.5.2, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 2.5.1
Patched Version
  • 2.5.2

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