Discy: A security weakness
Discy 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
- Discy
- Plugin slug
discy- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Aug 08, 2022
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Aug 08, 2022 and is one of 3 known issues for this theme.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Discy 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 Discy WordPress theme before 5.0 lacks authorization checks then processing ajax requests to the discy_update_options action, allowing any logged in users (with privileges as low as Subscriber,) to change Theme options by sending a crafted POST request.
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N