WordPress security changelog
HIGH CVE-2021-39333 Modified

Hashthemes Demo Importer: A security weakness

Hashthemes Demo Importer is affected by a security weakness. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.

CVE / CNA score 8.1 CVSS 3.1 · security@wordfence.com
NVD score 5.5 CVSS 2.0 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
Hashthemes Demo Importer
Plugin slug
hashthemes-demo-importer
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Nov 01, 2021
Weakness
CWE-284 — Improper Access Control
NVD-CWE-Other

This CVE was published Nov 01, 2021 and is one of 2 known issues for this plugin.

Patch or disable the affected component.

Update Hashthemes Demo Importer to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

Technical description

The Hashthemes Demo Importer Plugin <= 1.1.1 for WordPress contained several AJAX functions which relied on a nonce which was visible to all logged-in users for access control, allowing them to execute a function that truncated nearly all database tables and removed the contents of wp-content/uploads.

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

NVD vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P

Primary and upstream sources