wpDataTables – Tables & Table Charts premium: A security weakness
wpDataTables – Tables & Table Charts premium 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.
- Component
- wpDataTables – Tables & Table Charts premium
- Plugin slug
wpdatatables- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Apr 12, 2021
This CVE was published Apr 12, 2021 and is one of 18 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update wpDataTables – Tables & Table Charts premium 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 wpDataTables – Tables & Table Charts premium WordPress plugin before 3.4.2 has Improper Access Control. A low privilege authenticated user that visits the page where the table is published can tamper the parameters to delete the data of another user that are present in the same table through id_key and id_val parameters. By exploiting this issue an attacker is able to delete the data of all users in the same table.
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H