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.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2021-09-02T16:53:39.328243Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T17:04:13.063Z

Reserved: 2021-08-09T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-38312

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Status : Analyzed

Published: 2021-09-02T17:15:09.713

Modified: 2022-10-27T12:50:00.880

Link: CVE-2021-38312

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