Description
The User Registration & Membership plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the Content Access Rules REST API endpoints in versions 5.0.1 through 5.1.4. This is due to the `check_permissions()` method only checking for `edit_posts` capability instead of an administrator-level capability. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to list, create, modify, toggle, duplicate, and delete site-wide content restriction rules, potentially exposing restricted content or denying legitimate user access.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| wpeverest | User Registration & Membership – Free & Paid Memberships, Subscriptions, Content Restriction, User Profile, Custom User Registration & Login Builder | ≤ 5.1.4 | — |
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7bb5a5a2-9644-4850-a5f9-7c925af000c8?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-registration/tags/5.1.1/modules/content-restriction/includes/RestApi/controllers/version1/class-urcr-content-access-rules.php#L116
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-registration/trunk/modules/content-restriction/includes/RestApi/controllers/version1/class-urcr-content-access-rules.php#L116
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3485702/user-registration/trunk/modules/content-restriction/includes/RestApi/controllers/version1/class-urcr-content-access-rules.php