WordPress Fota WP Theme <= 1.4.1 is vulnerable to a medium priority Broken Access Control
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CVSS 6.5This vulnerability is moderately dangerous and expected to become exploited. Vulnerabilities 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.
6.5
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.
CVSS score is a way to evaluate and rank reported vulnerabilities in a standardized and repeatable way but which is not ideal for WordPress.
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Get startedUpdate to version 1.4.2 or later.
Update to version 1.4.2 or later to resolve the vulnerability.
Remove and replace software.
This software was last updated over a year ago and will likely not receive further updates or patches. Note that deactivating the software does not remove the security threat unless mitigation rule by Patchstack is deployed.
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6 Aug, 2024