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tagDiv Composer < 3.5 - Unauthorized Account Access and Privilege Escalation

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9.8

Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE	CVE-2022-3477
CVSS	9.8 (Critical)
Publicly Published	October 24, 2022
Last Updated	November 23, 2022
Researcher	Truoc Phan - Techlab Corporation

Description

The tagDiv Composer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Unauthorized Account Access and Privilege Escalation in versions up to, but not including, 3.5 due to improper implementation of the Facebook login feature. This allows unauthenticated attackers to log in as any user as long as they know the user's email address. This plugin is used in several themes such as Newspaper and Newsmag.

References

wpscan.com

3 affected software packages

Newsmag - Newspaper & Magazine WordPress Theme

Software Type	Theme
Software Slug	newsmag
Patched?	Yes
Remediation	Update to version 5.2.2, or a newer patched version
Affected Version	<= 5.2.1
Patched Version	5.2.2

Newspaper - News & WooCommerce WordPress Theme

Software Type	Theme
Software Slug	Newspaper
Patched?	Yes
Remediation	Update to version 12.1, or a newer patched version
Affected Version	<= 12
Patched Version	12.1

tagDiv Composer

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	td-composer
Patched?	Yes
Remediation	Update to version 3.5, or a newer patched version
Affected Version	< 3.5
Patched Version	3.5

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