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Missing Authorization

CVE-2021-24997

Medium
6.5/10

Summary

The WP Guppy WordPress plugin before 1.3 does not have any authorisation in some of the REST API endpoints, allowing any user to call them and could lead to sensitive information disclosure, such as usernames and chats between users, as well as be able to send messages as an arbitrary user

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  • NETWORK
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  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
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CWE-862 - Missing Authorization

The missing authorization vulnerability occurs when a software program allows users to access privileged parts of the program without verifying the user credentials. Impact of such a vulnerability depends on the resources employed by the software, ranging from account takeover to sensitive information exposure, denial of service, and complete system takeover.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published