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Invite Anyone vulnerabilities
Invite Anyone has 4 known vulnerabilities in this database. The most recent published record is dated 16 Aug 2019.
- Known vulnerabilities
- 4
- Active installs
- 1,000+
- Latest version
- 1.4.10
- Last updated
- 19 Aug 2024
- Most recent
- 16 Aug 2019
Find it in your WordPress dashboard under Plugins. Severity is based on the CVSS score published with the CVE where one is available.
| Vulnerability | Severity | Affected | Fix | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broken access control CVE-2017-18543 | Critical 9.8 | Before 1.3.16 | Fixed in 1.3.16 | 16 Aug 2019 |
| Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) CVE-2017-18544 | High 8.8 | Before 1.3.16 | Fixed in 1.3.16 | 16 Aug 2019 |
| Security weakness CVE-2017-18545 | High 7.5 | Before 1.3.16 | Fixed in 1.3.16 | 16 Aug 2019 |
| Security weakness CVE-2017-6955 | Medium 5.3 | Up to 1.3.13 | Fixed in a later version (latest 1.4.10) | 17 Mar 2017 |
Read the published descriptions
- CVE-2017-18543, 16 Aug 2019
- The invite-anyone plugin before 1.3.16 for WordPress has incorrect access control for email-based invitations. CVE record
- CVE-2017-18544, 16 Aug 2019
- The invite-anyone plugin before 1.3.16 for WordPress has admin-panel CSRF. CVE record
- CVE-2017-18545, 16 Aug 2019
- The invite-anyone plugin before 1.3.16 for WordPress has incorrect escaping of untrusted Dashboard and front-end input. CVE record
- CVE-2017-6955, 17 Mar 2017
- An issue was discovered in by-email/by-email.php in the Invite Anyone plugin before 1.3.15 for WordPress. A user is able to change the subject and the body of the invitation mail that should be immutable, which facilitates a social engineering attack. CVE record
What to do if you run Invite Anyone
If you run Invite Anyone, open WordPress and check the installed version in Plugins. Compare it with the affected versions in the vulnerability record. If a fixed version is available, take a current backup and update to that version or the latest supported release.
If no fixed version exists, consider disabling and removing the plugin or replacing it with a maintained alternative. After dealing with the affected software, check administrator users, unexpected file changes, redirects, unfamiliar pages and security logs for signs that the site may already have been altered.
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