CVE-2021-38312 (GCVE-0-2021-38312)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-09-02 16:53
Modified
2025-05-05 14:50
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
Summary
The Gutenberg Template Library & Redux Framework plugin <= 4.2.11 for WordPress used an incorrect authorization check in the REST API endpoints registered under the “redux/v1/templates/” REST Route in “redux-templates/classes/class-api.php”. The `permissions_callback` used in this file only checked for the `edit_posts` capability which is granted to lower-privileged users such as contributors, allowing such users to install arbitrary plugins from the WordPress repository and edit arbitrary posts.
References
| ► | URL | Tags |
|---|---|---|
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redux.io | Gutenberg Template Library & Redux Framework |
Version: 4.2.11 < |
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