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Improper Access Control

CVE-2021-24781

Medium
4.3/10

Summary

The Image Source Control WordPress plugin before 2.3.1 allows users with a role as low as Contributor to change arbitrary post meta fields of arbitrary posts (even those they should not be able to edit)

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
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  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
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  • NONE
  • NONE

CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Listed 5th in the 'OWASP Top Ten', improper (or broken) access control attacks are a fundamental type of vulnerability. This includes a broad range of design flaws that enable users to act outside of their intended permissions. They can use these privileges to gain access to restricted files and functionality such as accessing restricted information, falsifying records, destroying data, or executing commands.

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Advisory Timeline

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