WordPress SearchWP Plugin <= 4.2.5 is vulnerable to Broken Authentication

Patch priority: high
Resolve immediately High priority
5.4
Medium severity CVSS 3.1 score

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Solution

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Update the WordPress SearchWP plugin to the latest available version (at least 4.2.6).

Dave Jong (Patchstack) discovered and reported this Broken Authentication vulnerability in WordPress SearchWP Plugin. This can be abused by a malicious actor to perform action which normally should only be able to be executed by higher privileged users. These actions might allow the malicious actor to gain admin access to the website. This vulnerability has been fixed in version 4.2.6.

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