The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended: A security weakness
The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended 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
- The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended
- Plugin slug
wp-extended- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Feb 12, 2025
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Feb 12, 2025 and is one of 2 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended 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 The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the reorder_route() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.13. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reorder posts.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N