WordPress CVEs

Description

The Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation via Authorization Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.9. The vulnerability exists because the pods_admin AJAX router funnels every access check — including the method allowlist, nonce verification, login enforcement, and capability gate — through pods_error(), which under the JSON meta-box-loader compatibility path only writes failures to the PHP error log and returns false instead of terminating the request, rendering all guards ineffective. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to escalate their privileges to Administrator or overwrite the password of any user account, including the site owner's, enabling complete site takeover, or perform another administrator action.

Affected WordPress components

• Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields Plugin · pods
  Confirmed match Active
  From 2.8 (including) to 2.8.23.3 (including); From 2.9 (including) to 2.9.19.3 (including); From 3.0 (including) to 3.0.10.3 (including); From 3.1 (including) to 3.1.4.1 (including); From 3.2 (including) to 3.2.8.2 (including); From 3.3 (including) to 3.3.9 (including)
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A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.

Affected products and versions

• sc0ttkclark Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields — From 2.8 (including) to 2.8.23.3 (including)
• sc0ttkclark Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields — From 2.9 (including) to 2.9.19.3 (including)
• sc0ttkclark Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields — From 3.0 (including) to 3.0.10.3 (including)
• sc0ttkclark Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields — From 3.1 (including) to 3.1.4.1 (including)
• sc0ttkclark Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields — From 3.2 (including) to 3.2.8.2 (including)
• sc0ttkclark Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields — From 3.3 (including) to 3.3.9 (including)

References

• plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pods/tags/3.3.9/includes/general.php#L400
• www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3628032a-3121-45a7-8a78-cfcd8ba6af2f?source=cve
• nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record