Ultimate WordPress Auction Plugin: A security weakness
Ultimate WordPress Auction Plugin is affected by a security weakness. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- Ultimate WordPress Auction Plugin
- Plugin slug
ultimate-auction- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Jul 27, 2024
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Jul 27, 2024 and is one of 5 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Ultimate WordPress Auction Plugin 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 Ultimate WordPress Auction Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized email creation and sending due to a missing capability check on the 'send_auction_email_callback' and 'resend_auction_email_callback' functions in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.7. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to craft emails that include links and send to any email address.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N