Check for caps before loading alert settings #1432

schlessera · 2023-04-21T01:12:05Z

This PR includes the following changes:

adds tests to trigger and assert the vulnerability described in CVE-2022-43450, props @Lucisu via Patchstack
fixes CVE-2022-43450 by adding a capability check to the 'wp_ajax_load_alerts_settings ' AJAX action.

Checklist

Project documentation has been updated to reflect the changes in this pull request, if applicable.
I have tested the changes in the local development environment (see contributing.md).
I have added phpunit tests.

schlessera · 2023-04-21T01:13:12Z

tests/tests/test-class-alerts.php

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+		// TODO: This returns an empty 'success => true' response. It should probably return a failure response instead - 400 Bad Request?


I think a borked request should return an HTTP 400 - Bad Request instead of a 200 with a success => true message.

kasparsd

This looks great, thanks!

Check for caps before loading alert settings

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schlessera added the vulnerability label Apr 21, 2023

schlessera added this to the 3.9.3 milestone Apr 21, 2023

schlessera requested a review from kasparsd April 21, 2023 01:12

schlessera commented Apr 21, 2023

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kasparsd changed the base branch from develop to master April 21, 2023 03:47

kasparsd merged commit ea4a1fa into master Apr 21, 2023

kasparsd deleted the fix/cve-2022-43450 branch April 21, 2023 03:49

		}

		// TODO: This returns an empty 'success => true' response. It should probably return a failure response instead - 400 Bad Request?