weDevs WP User Frontend Missing Authorization Vulnerability Allowing Broken Access Control

A missing authorization vulnerability has been identified in the weDevs WP User Frontend plugin, specifically in versions through 3.6.8. This vulnerability allows exploitation of improperly configured access control security levels, potentially leading to unauthorized actions by users with lower privileges.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability could allow users with subscriber privileges to perform actions reserved for higher privileged roles, due to the lack of proper authorization checks.

Remediation

Users of the weDevs WP User Frontend plugin should update to version 3.6.9 or later to address this vulnerability. Patchstack users can enable auto-updates for vulnerable plugins.