Description
The weDocs: AI Powered Knowledge Base, Docs, Documentation, Wiki & AI Chatbot plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification or loss of data due to a missing capability check on the 'wedocs_user_documentation_handling_capabilities' function in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.16. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to edit any documentation post. The vulnerability was partially patched in version 2.1.16.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
wedevs weDocs: AI Powered Knowledge Base, Docs, Documentation, Wiki & AI Chatbot
Default version status: unaffected
0 to ≤ 2.1.16affected
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c56234f3-7dd6-4dff-887d-5ddbf0cb7d3c?source=cve ↗
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wedocs/tags/2.1.14/includes/functions.php#L506 ↗
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wedocs/tags/2.1.14/includes/Installer.php#L21 ↗
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3426704/ ↗
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3440068/ ↗