What is this Authorization Bypass vulnerability?

this Authorization Bypass vulnerability is tracked as a Authorization Bypass issue affecting the Plugin Crayon Syntax Highlighter.

Which Crayon Syntax Highlighter versions are affected?

The primary affected range is 2.0 through 2.6.10.

How should operators remediate this Authorization Bypass vulnerability?

Update to 2.7.0 or newer where that release is compatible with the site.

Vulnerability Report

Plugin Medium Patch path listed

Crayon Syntax Highlighter 2.0 - 2.6.10 - Missing Authorization

The Crayon Syntax Highlighter Plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on the crayon-theme-editor-save AJAX action in versions 2.0 - 2.6.10. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to overwrite theme files.

Quick Answer

This vulnerability is a medium severity with CVSS 5.4 Authorization Bypass issue affecting the Plugin Crayon Syntax Highlighter. It affects 2.0 through 2.6.10 and is fixed in 2.7.0.

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Published

Apr 20, 2015

Last Updated

Jan 22, 2024

Slug

crayon-syntax-highlighter

Risk Profile

5.4 CVSS Score

Weakness

Missing Authorization

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Researchers

James Hooker

Operational Summary

What the operator needs to know

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Patch Status

Patched release is available

Remediation

Update to version 2.7.0, or a newer patched version

Operator Briefing

the tracked vulnerability is tracked for the Plugin Crayon Syntax Highlighter as medium severity with CVSS 5.4. The affected range is 2.0 through 2.6.10. Update Crayon Syntax Highlighter to 2.7.0 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.

Issue Type

Authorization Bypass

Primary Fixed Version

2.7.0

Primary Affected Range

2.0 through 2.6.10

Tracking ID

6cd49c60-e845-4dbb-b6b1-bd59aa1bb3ba

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6cd49c60-e845-4dbb-b6b1-bd59aa1bb3ba?source=api-prod

Detailed Metadata

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	crayon-syntax-highlighter View on wordpress.org
CVE	No linked CVE entry.
Patched Versions	2.7.0
Affected Versions	2.0 through 2.6.10

Related CVE Cluster

Related CVEs for Crayon Syntax Highlighter

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High CVE-2022-47167 No patch listed Jan 13, 2023

CVE-2022-47167 Crayon Syntax Highlighter Cross-Site Request Forgery

Crayon Syntax Highlighter <= 2.8.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

Medium CVE-2023-4893 No patch listed Sep 11, 2023

CVE-2023-4893 Crayon Syntax Highlighter Server-Side Request Forgery

Crayon Syntax Highlighter <= 2.8.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Server Side Request Forgery

Medium CVE-2016-10893 2.8.4 May 10, 2016

CVE-2016-10893 Crayon Syntax Highlighter Cross-Site Scripting

Crayon Syntax Highlighter < 2.8.4 - Cross-Site Scripting

Critical 1.14 Oct 15, 2012

Crayon Syntax Highlighter Vulnerability

Crayon Syntax Highlighter Plugin <= 1.13 - Remote File Inclusion

Medium 2.7.0 Apr 14, 2015

Crayon Syntax Highlighter Vulnerability

Crayon Syntax Highlighter <= 2.6.10 - Directory Traversal

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