SEO Booster <= 7.4.7 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Options Modification via handle_oauth_callback()
13Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 4.3epss 0.2%
exploitation probability
0.2%top 90% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
The SEO Booster plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in versions up to, and including, 7.4.7. This is due to a missing capability check on the handle_oauth_callback() function which is hooked to admin_init and processes $_GET['access_token'] and $_GET['google_email'] without verifying the caller's role. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to overwrite the seobooster_access_token, seobooster_google_email, and seobooster_gsc_sites options and delete the seobooster_needs_reauth flag by visiting a crafted /wp-admin/ URL, disrupting the Google Search Console integration and injecting attacker-chosen data into site options via the attacker-supplied token that drives an outbound Google API request whose response is stored.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Affected products
cleverplugins · SEO BoosterReferences
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/seo-booster/tags/7.3.2/seo-booster.php#L243https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/seo-booster/tags/7.3.2/seo-booster.php#L546https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/seo-booster/tags/7.3.2/seo-booster.php#L547https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3665611%40seo-booster&new=3665611%40seo-boosterhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3fd58af7-e8ef-4518-bed8-4e20c8e61db7?source=cve