Unauthorized Data Modification in LightStart Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2023-7019

4.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
LightStart – Maintenance Mode, Coming Soon and Landing Page Builder
Vendor
CVE Published:
11 January 2024

Summary

The LightStart – Maintenance Mode, Coming Soon and Landing Page Builder plugin for WordPress has a security flaw that enables authenticated users, including those with subscriber-level access, to modify page designs. This issue arises from a missing capability check in the insert_template function, exposing the plugin to potential unauthorized data alterations across all versions up to and including 2.6.8.

Affected Version(s)

LightStart – Maintenance Mode, Coming Soon and Landing Page Builder * <= 2.6.8

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3013229/wp-m...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Lucio Sá
.