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Pagelayer 2.1.7 before 2.2.1 Missing Authorization via Abilities API

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Severity
high
Date
Affecting

  • Pagelayer >= 2.1.7, < 2.2.1

CWE
  • CWE-862 Missing Authorization
CVSS
7.2
CVSS V4 Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Credit
Paul Serban (LazyTitan)
Description
Pagelayer 2.1.7 before 2.2.1 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in Abilities API abilities registered in main/abilitiesregister.php that only require the edit_posts capability. Contributor-level attackers can overwrite, publish, delete, or duplicate other users' private posts and pages to read them, and modify site-wide theme templates like headers and footers.

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