Description
The CalJ plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in all versions up to, and including, 1.5. This is due to a missing capability check in the CalJSettingsPage class constructor, which processes the 'save-obtained-key' operation directly from POST data without verifying that the requesting user has the 'manage_options' capability, and without any nonce verification. The plugin bootstrap file (calj.php) instantiates CalJSettingsPage whenever is_admin() returns true, which is the case for any authenticated user making requests to wp-admin URLs (including admin-ajax.php). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to modify the plugin's API key setting and clear the Shabbat cache, effectively taking control of the plugin's API integration.
CVSS breakdown
Affected products
- calj / CalJ Shabbat Times0 – 1.5
References
- MISChttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d1c7df8e-2f82-4474-88ef-8c8ddaeb4656?source=cve
- MISChttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/calj/trunk/CalJSettingsPage.php#L30
- MISChttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/calj/tags/1.5/CalJSettingsPage.php#L30
- MISChttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/calj/trunk/CalJSettingsPage.php#L25
- MISChttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/calj/tags/1.5/CalJSettingsPage.php#L25
- MISChttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/calj/trunk/calj.php#L17
- MISChttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/calj/tags/1.5/calj.php#L17