WordPress Joy Of Text Lite Plugin <= 2.3.1 is vulnerable to Broken Access Control
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CVSS 4.3Vulnerabilities like this one are used in mass-exploit campaigns. Attackers use these to attack thousands of websites at a time, regardless of traffic size or popularity. Learn more.
As immediate action, update the affected plugin. If you're unable to do so, ask your hosting provider or web developer for help.
4.3
Broken Access Control
A broken access control issue refers to a missing authorization, authentication or nonce token check in a function that could lead to an unprivileged user to executing a certain higher privileged action.
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This security issue has a low severity impact and is unlikely to be exploited.
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Timeline
10 Aug, 2024
Early warning sent out to Patchstack customers
26 Sep, 2024
Published by Patchstack
26 Sep, 2024