Author Box, Guest Author and Co-Authors for Your Posts – Molongui: Sensitive information exposure
Author Box, Guest Author and Co-Authors for Your Posts – Molongui is affected by sensitive information exposure. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. Successful exploitation can disclose data that should not be available to the caller.
- Component
- Author Box, Guest Author and Co-Authors for Your Posts – Molongui
- Plugin slug
molongui-authorship- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Feb 05, 2024
This CVE was published Feb 05, 2024 and is one of 6 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Author Box, Guest Author and Co-Authors for Your Posts – Molongui 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 Author Box, Guest Author and Co-Authors for Your Posts – Molongui plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 4.7.4 via the 'ma_debu' parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including post author emails and names if applicable.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N