Intuitive Custom Post Order: A security weakness
Intuitive Custom Post Order 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.
- Component
- Intuitive Custom Post Order
- Plugin slug
intuitive-custom-post-order- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Feb 21, 2023
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Feb 21, 2023 and is one of 3 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Intuitive Custom Post Order 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 Intuitive Custom Post Order WordPress plugin before 3.1.4 does not check for authorization in the update-menu-order ajax action, allowing any logged in user (with roles as low as Subscriber) to update the menu order
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N