Redux Framework, CVE-2021-38312

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2021-38312
Home page URL: Security reports for Redux Framework
Application: Redux Framework
Published on: Sep 02, 2021
Research Description: The Gutenberg Template Library & Redux Framework plugin <= 4.2.11 for WordPress used an incorrect authorization check in the REST API endpoints registered under the “redux/v1/templates/” REST Route in “redux-templates/classes/class-api.php”. The `permissions_callback` used in this file only checked for the `edit_posts` capability which is granted to lower-privileged users such as contributors, allowing such users to install arbitrary plugins from the WordPress repository and edit arbitrary posts.
Affected versions: Min -, max 4.2.13.
Status: vulnerable