Description

WordPress Plugin ND Shortcodes For Visual Composer is prone to a security bypass vulnerability. Exploiting this issue may allow attackers to perform otherwise restricted actions and subsequently modify the settings and take over the blog and its database. WordPress Plugin ND Shortcodes For Visual Composer version 5.8 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 6.0 or latest

References

https://blog.nintechnet.com/privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-wordpress-nd-shortcodes-for-visual-composer-plugin/

https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nd-shortcodes-hacked-exploited/

https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/nd-shortcodes/trunk/readme.txt

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2019-15771 CWE-264 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update Authentication Bypass