GS Insever Portfolio: A security weakness
GS Insever Portfolio is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires at least subscriber-level access. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- GS Insever Portfolio
- Plugin slug
gs-instagram-portfolio- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Jan 09, 2025
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Jan 09, 2025 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update GS Insever Portfolio 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.
Technical description
The GS Insever Portfolio plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the save_settings() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update the plugin's CSS settings.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N