WordPress WP Custom Widget Area Plugin Broken Access Control Vulnerability

A missing authorization vulnerability has been identified in the WordPress WP Custom Widget Area plugin, specifically in versions through 1.2.5. This vulnerability allows unprivileged users to exploit improperly configured access control, potentially leading to unauthorized actions that require higher privileges.

Impact

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

Remediation

Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to automatically mitigate this vulnerability for users until an official fix is available.