Vulnerability CVE-2022-1656

Vulnerability CVE-2022-1656

Published: 2022-06-13

Description:

Vulnerable versions of the JupiterX Theme (<=2.0.6) allow any logged-in user, including subscriber-level users, to access any of the functions registered in lib/api/api/ajax.php, which also grant access to the jupiterx_api_ajax_ actions registered by the JupiterX Core Plugin (<=2.0.6). This includes the ability to deactivate arbitrary plugins as well as update the theme??s API key.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:

	Topic	Author	Date
High	Jupiter / JupiterX Theme Privilege Escalation / LFI / DoS / Access Control Issues	Ramuel Gall	19.05.2022

Type:

CWE-284

(Improper Access Control)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score	Impact Subscore	Exploitability Subscore
5.5/10	4.9/10	8/10

Exploit range	Attack complexity	Authentication
Remote	Low	Single time
Confidentiality impact	Integrity impact	Availability impact
Partial	Partial	None

Affected software
Artbees -> Jupiter x core
Artbees -> Jupiterx

References:

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/05/critical-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-jupiter-and-jupiterx-premium-themes/

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