WordPress Local Magic Plugin Broken Access Control Vulnerability

A missing authorization vulnerability has been identified in the WordPress Local Magic plugin, affecting versions through 2.8.0. This vulnerability allows exploitation of improperly configured access control security levels, potentially enabling unprivileged users to perform actions reserved for higher privileges.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to unauthorized users gaining access to restricted functionalities or data, allowing them to perform actions that should be reserved for users with higher privileges.

Remediation

Users of the WordPress Local Magic plugin are advised to update to version 2.8.0 or later. For those unable to update immediately, Patchstack has issued a virtual patch that can be applied to mitigate this vulnerability.