A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in WonderCMS 3.5.0. Affected by this issue is the function installUpdateModuleAction of the component Theme Installation/Plugin Installation. The manipulation leads to unrestricted upload. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. The vendor explains, that [t]he philosophy has always been, admin […] bear responsibility to not install themes/plugins from untrusted sources.
The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.
Access control involves the use of several protection mechanisms such as:
When any mechanism is not applied or otherwise fails, attackers can compromise the security of the product by gaining privileges, reading sensitive information, executing commands, evading detection, etc. There are two distinct behaviors that can introduce access control weaknesses: