Visualizer: Tables and Charts Manager for WordPress <= 3.11.14 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Chart Creation and Modification via renderChartPages() and uploadData() Functions
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- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical impact: partial
Summary
The Visualizer: Tables and Charts Manager for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in all versions up to, and including, 3.11.14. This is due to a missing capability check on the renderChartPages() and uploadData() functions, where the wp_ajax_visualizer-create-chart and wp_ajax_visualizer-edit-chart AJAX actions invoke renderChartPages() without any current_user_can() check, and wp_ajax_visualizer-upload-data invokes uploadData() which also lacks a capability check and validates its nonce without an action argument, making it trivially bypassable. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to create arbitrary chart posts and access or modify chart data belonging to other users, including administrators.
Timeline
- CVE published
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- themeisle Visualizer: Tables and Charts Manager for WordPress
through 3.11.14
References 8
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- browser/visualizer/tags/4.0.1/classes/Visualizer/Module/Chart.php#L531
- browser/visualizer/tags/4.0.1/classes/Visualizer/Module/Chart.php#L1221
- browser/visualizer/tags/4.0.1/classes/Visualizer/Module/Chart.php#L56
- browser/visualizer/tags/3.11.14/classes/Visualizer/Module/Chart.php#L531
- browser/visualizer/tags/3.11.14/classes/Visualizer/Module/Chart.php#L1221
- browser/visualizer/tags/3.11.14/classes/Visualizer/Module/Chart.php#L56
- changeset/3474710