WordPress WP Accessibility Helper (WAH) Plugin <= 0.6.2.4 is vulnerable to Broken Access Control

Patch priority: low
Low priority vPatch available
Vulnerable version
<= 0.6.2.4 Vulnerable version
Fixed
0.6.2.5 Fixed version

05 September 2023 by Patchstack

Risks

CVSS 4.3

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.

This is a general description of this vulnerability type, specific impact varies case by case. CVSS score is a way to evaluate and rank reported vulnerabilities in a standardized and repeatable way, but it is not ideal for CMSs.

Solutions

This security issue has a low severity impact and is unlikely to be exploited.

Update to version X or later

Update to version 0.6.2.5 or later.

Update to version 0.6.2.5 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users can turn on auto-update for vulnerable plugins only.

Details

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Timeline

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Reported by

thiennv thiennv
31 Jul 2023
Early warning sent out

Early warning sent out to Patchstack customers

05 Sep 2023
Published by Patchstack

Published by Patchstack

07 Sep 2023

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