ValvePress Rankie Missing Authorization Vulnerability Allowing Broken Access Control

A missing authorization vulnerability has been identified in the ValvePress Rankie WordPress plugin, affecting versions prior to 1.8.2. This vulnerability allows exploitation of improperly configured access control security levels, potentially leading to unauthorized users performing actions reserved for higher privileges.

Impact

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

Remediation

Users of the ValvePress Rankie WordPress plugin should update to version 1.8.2 or later to address this vulnerability. Patchstack users can enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins.