WordPress security changelog
HIGH CVE-2023-4536 Modified

My Account Page Editor: A security weakness

My Account Page Editor 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 8.8 CVSS 3.1 · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
NVD score 8.8 CVSS 3.1 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
My Account Page Editor
Plugin slug
my-account-page-editor
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Jan 16, 2024
Weakness
CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

This CVE was published Jan 16, 2024 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update My Account Page Editor 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 My Account Page Editor WordPress plugin before 1.3.2 does not validate the profile picture to be uploaded, allowing any authenticated users, such as subscriber to upload arbitrary files to the server, leading to RCE

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

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

Primary and upstream sources