Vulnerability CVE-2023-5506


Published: 2023-11-07

Description:
The ImageMapper plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized loss of data due to a missing capability check on the 'imgmap_delete_area_ajax' function in versions up to, and including, 1.2.6. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to delete arbitrary posts and pages.

 References:
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/31dff395-c3ce-4ebe-8d38-5243fc4510d6?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/imagemapper/tags/1.2.6/imagemapper.php#L748

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