WP Scraper: A security weakness
WP Scraper is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires at least subscriber-level access. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- WP Scraper
- Plugin slug
wp-scraper- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- May 22, 2024
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published May 22, 2024 and is one of 6 known issues for this plugin.
Patch or disable the affected component.
Update WP Scraper to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
Technical description
The WP Scraper plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the wp_scraper_multi_scrape_action() function in all versions up to, and including, 5.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to create arbitrary pages and posts.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N