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FKIE_CVE-2023-6751

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-01-11 09:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 06:51
Severity
7.3 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Summary
The Hostinger plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized plugin settings update due to a missing capability check on the function publish_website in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.7. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to enable and disable maintenance mode.
References
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3010008%40hostinger%2Ftrunk&old=3010004%40hostinger%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=Patch
security@wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d89cf759-5e5f-43e2-90a9-a8e554653ee1?source=cveThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3010008%40hostinger%2Ftrunk&old=3010004%40hostinger%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d89cf759-5e5f-43e2-90a9-a8e554653ee1?source=cveThird Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
hostinger hostinger *
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