WordPress Subscribe to Category Plugin Broken Access Control Vulnerability

A missing authorization vulnerability has been identified in the WordPress Subscribe to Category plugin, specifically in versions through 2.7.4. This vulnerability allows unprivileged users to exploit incorrectly configured access control security levels, potentially leading to unauthorized actions.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an unprivileged user to perform actions that require higher privileges, due to the lack of proper authorization checks.

Remediation

Users of the WordPress Subscribe to Category plugin are advised to update to version 2.7.5 or later, where this vulnerability has been addressed. For those unable to update immediately, a virtual patch is available through Patchstack to mitigate the issue.