DefendWP Firewall Missing Authorization Vulnerability Allowing Broken Access Control

A missing authorization vulnerability has been identified in the DefendWP Firewall plugin for WordPress, affecting versions through 1.1.0. 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 lower privileges to perform actions reserved for higher privileged users, due to the lack of proper authorization checks.

Remediation

Users of the DefendWP Firewall plugin should update to version 1.1.1 or later to address this vulnerability. Patchstack users can enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins.