Mat Bao Corporation WP Helper Premium Missing Authorization Vulnerability Allowing Broken Access Control

A broken access control vulnerability has been identified in the WP Helper Premium plugin by Mat Bao Corporation, affecting versions through 4.6.1. This vulnerability allows users to access functionalities that are not properly restricted by access control lists (ACLs), potentially leading to unauthorized actions or data exposure.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an unprivileged user to perform actions or access data that should be restricted, due to the lack of proper authorization checks in the affected plugin.

Remediation

Users of the WP Helper Premium plugin should update to version 4.6.2 or later to address this vulnerability. Patchstack users can enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins.