Medical Addon for Elementor <= 1.6.2 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure via Shortcode
Advisory: The Medical Addon for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.2 via the \’namedical_elementor_template\’ shortcode due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to read the content of draft, pending, and private posts.
Read more about this vulnerability: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d5f4c4ec-bdb5-4f27-8ee3-060de9b62502?source=api-prod
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