wpDataTables < 3.4.2 - Improper Access Control leading to Table Data Deletion
CVE-2021-24198

8.1HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
WPdatatables – Tables & Table Charts
Vendor
CVE Published:
12 April 2021

What is CVE-2021-24198?

The wpDataTables – Tables & Table Charts premium WordPress plugin before 3.4.2 has Improper Access Control. A low privilege authenticated user that visits the page where the table is published can tamper the parameters to delete the data of another user that are present in the same table through id_key and id_val parameters. By exploiting this issue an attacker is able to delete the data of all users in the same table.

Affected Version(s)

wpDataTables – Tables & Table Charts 3.4.2

References

https://wpdatatables.com/help/whats-new-changelog/
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https://n4nj0.github.io/advisories/wordpress-plugin-wpdat...
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https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d953bc62-8a6f-445b-a556-...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.1
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
High
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Veno Eivazian, Massimiliano Ferraresi
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