CVE-2021-24198 (GCVE-0-2021-24198)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-04-12 13:58 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:21
VLAI
Title
wpDataTables < 3.4.2 - Improper Access Control leading to Table Data Deletion
Summary
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.
Severity
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-284 - Improper Access Control
Assigner
WPScan CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 44/100 over 2115 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
wpDataTables wpDataTables – Tables & Table Charts Affected: 3.4.2 , < 3.4.2 (custom)
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Credits
Veno Eivazian, Massimiliano Ferraresi
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