Improper access control vulnerability in the plugin allowed attacker to inject malicious JavaScript code and redirect users to phishing websites.
Vulnerability details
Advisory: SB2019041201 - Improper access control in Yuzo Related Posts WordPress plugin
Vulnerable component: Related Posts
CVE-ID:
CVSSv3 score: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:H/RL:U/RC:C
CWE-ID: CWE-284 - Improper Access Control
Description:
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to the website.
The vulnerability exists due to improper access restrictions when processing HTTP requests. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted configuration to the affected application and inject arbitrary JavaScript code WordPress configuration.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable application.
Note: the vulnerability is being actively exploited i the wild.