Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Pretty Links
One of the changelog entries for the latest version of the WordPress plugin Pretty Links is “Security hardening.” Looking at the changes made, we found that a nonce check to prevent cross-site request forgery (CSRF) was added in the new version. Looking closer, we found that another security check was still missing and the vulnerability that had existed didn’t just involve CSRF. We have notified the developer of the missing security check, which is also still missing in other similar code, and offer to help them address it.
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This post provides insights on a vulnerability in the WordPress plugin Pretty Links 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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