Vulnerability CVE-2024-1653


Published: 2024-02-27

Description:
The Categorify plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the categorifyAjaxUpdateFolderPosition in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.7.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to update the folder position of categories as well as update the metadata of other taxonomies.

 References:
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/45badd20-1ba8-44be-8a7c-2ce21261e208?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3034410/categorify

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