Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in WordPress Hosting Benchmark tool
The changelog for the latest version of the WordPress plugin WordPress Hosting Benchmark tool is “fixed CSRF bug and WP nonce check vulnerability reported by patchstack.com, Dhabaleshwar Das.” In looking into that, we found that there was a more serious issue than cross-site request forgery (CSRF) at issue and it wasn’t fully fixed.
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This post provides insights on a vulnerability in the WordPress plugin WordPress Hosting Benchmark tool not discovered by us, where the discoverer hadn't provided the details needed for us to confirm the vulnerability while we were adding it to the data set for our service, so the rest of its contents are limited to subscribers of our service.
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Plugin Security Scorecard Grade for WordPress Hosting Benchmark tool
Checked on July 26, 2024F