CVE-2021-4334 Fancy Product Designer <= 4.6.9 - Insufficient Authorization to Arbitrary Options Update via fpd_update_options

High 8.8 Published Updated

Authenticated subscribers can modify site options to escalate privileges to administrator due to missing capability checks in Fancy Product Designer.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2021-4334?

CVE-2021-4334 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in radykal Fancy Product Designer, published on 20 Oct 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Fancy Product Designer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of site options due to a missing capability check on the fpd_update_options function in versions up to, and including, 4.6.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with subscriber-level permissions to modify site options, including setting the default role to administrator which can allow privilege escalation.

Weakness: CWE-863, CWE-285

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-4334?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Radykal Fancy Product Designer.

How do I fix CVE-2021-4334?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-4334 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2021-4334 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-4334 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-vx4h-jx68-6g52.

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