WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2024-0791 Modified

WOLF – WordPress Posts Bulk Editor and Manager Professional: A security weakness

WOLF – WordPress Posts Bulk Editor and Manager Professional is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires an authenticated WordPress account. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.

CVE / CNA score 4.3 CVSS 3.1 · security@wordfence.com
NVD score 4.3 CVSS 3.1 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
WOLF – WordPress Posts Bulk Editor and Manager Professional
Plugin slug
bulk-editor
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Feb 05, 2024
Weakness
CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

This CVE was published Feb 05, 2024 and is one of 10 known issues for this plugin.

What to do

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update WOLF – WordPress Posts Bulk Editor and Manager Professional to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Source record

Technical description

The WOLF – WordPress Posts Bulk Editor and Manager Professional plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access, modification or loss of data due to a missing capability check on the wpbe_create_new_term, wpbe_update_tax_term, and wpbe_delete_tax_term functions in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.8.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber access or higher, to create, delete or modify taxonomy terms.

CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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

References

Primary and upstream sources