CVE-2021-4428

A vulnerability has been found in what3words Autosuggest Plugin up to 4.0.0 on WordPress and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function enqueue_scripts of the file w3w-autosuggest/public/class-w3w-autosuggest-public.php of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. The attack can be launched remotely. Upgrading to version 4.0.1 is able to address this issue. The patch is named dd59cbac5f86057d6a73b87007c08b8bfa0c32ac. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-234247.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 3.3 LOW

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

3.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 6.4 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication MULTIPLE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/what3words/wordpress-autosuggest-plugin/commit/dd59cbac5f86057d6a73b87007c08b8bfa0c32ac	Patch
https://github.com/what3words/wordpress-autosuggest-plugin/pull/20	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/what3words/wordpress-autosuggest-plugin/releases/tag/v4.0.1	Release Notes
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.234247	Permissions Required
https://vuldb.com/?id.234247	Permissions Required

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:what3words:autosuggest:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2023-07-18 17:15

Updated : 2024-05-17 02:03

NVD link : CVE-2021-4428

Mitre link : CVE-2021-4428

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-4428

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Products Affected

what3words

autosuggest

CWE

CWE-200

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

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