WordPress plugin
RokNewsPager <= 1.17 — Missing Domain Restriction
6e766de1-10fd-43de-b487-56895a4b8db0Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤1.17Update to 1.18 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium5.3
- CVSS
- 5.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
RokNewsPager wp_roknewspager
- Affected≤ 1.17
- Patched in1.18
Update to 1.18 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 1.17. Version 1.18 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under RokNewsPager.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 1.18, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch RokNewsPager to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Eugene Dokukin.
The WordPress RokNewsPager plugin is vulnerable to Abuse of Functionality via the 'src' parameter in the 'thumb.php' file in versions up to, and including, 1.17. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to use implemented functions for unintended/malicious reasons.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in RokNewsPager
All 5| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Critical9.1 | Denial of Service ≤1.17Update to 1.18 | — | |
| Critical9.8 | Arbitrary File Upload ≤1.17Update to 1.18 | — | |
| Medium6.1 | Cross-Site Scripting ≤1.17Update to 1.18 | — | |
| High7.5 | Path Disclosure ≤1.17Update to 1.18 | — |
- Critical9.1Denial of Service
≤1.17Update to 1.18
- Critical9.8Arbitrary File Upload
≤1.17Update to 1.18
- Medium6.1Cross-Site Scripting
≤1.17Update to 1.18
- High7.5Path Disclosure
≤1.17Update to 1.18
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 5.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.