CVE-2023-2172: BadgeOS <= 3.7.1.6 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Insecure Direct Object Reference to Arbitrary Post Title Overwrite — Wordfence Intelligence

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

CVE

CVE-2023-2172

CVSS

4.3 (Medium)

Publicly Published

July 5, 2023

Last Updated

August 31, 2023

Researcher

Alex Thomas - Wordfence

Description

The BadgeOS plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in versions up to, and including, 3.7.1.6. This is due to improper validation and authorization checks within the badgeos_update_steps_ajax_handler, badgeos_update_award_steps_ajax_handler, badgeos_update_deduct_steps_ajax_handler, and badgeos_update_ranks_req_steps_ajax_handler functions. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to overwrite arbitrary post titles.

References

• plugins.trac.wordpress.org
• plugins.trac.wordpress.org
• plugins.trac.wordpress.org
• plugins.trac.wordpress.org

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1 affected software package

Software Type

Plugin

Software Slug

badgeos (view on wordpress.org)

Patched?

No

Remediation

No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability’s details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization’s risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.

Affected Version

• <= 3.7.1.6

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