Peepso Core: Privilege escalation or authentication bypass
Peepso Core is affected by privilege escalation or authentication bypass. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. A successful request can grant permissions or access that the caller should not possess.
- Component
- Peepso Core
- Plugin slug
peepso-core- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Sep 16, 2019
This CVE was published Sep 16, 2019 and is one of 14 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Peepso Core 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 peepso-core plugin before 1.6.1 for WordPress has PeepSoProfilePreferencesAjax->save() privilege escalation.
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H