Meta Box: A security weakness
Meta Box 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
- Meta Box
- Plugin slug
meta-box- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Aug 09, 2019
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Aug 09, 2019 and is one of 7 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Meta Box 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 Meta Box plugin before 4.16.3 for WordPress allows file deletion via ajax, with the wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=rwmb_delete_file attachment_id parameter.
NVD vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N