UiPress lite | Effortless custom dashboards, admin themes and pages vulnerability

What happened

The UiPress lite | Effortless custom dashboards, admin themes and pages plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'uip_save_ui_template' function in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.09. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to save templates that contain custom JavaScript.

Affected versions

UiPress lite | Effortless custom dashboards, admin themes and pages: 0 through 3.5.09 (semver) Fixed: See vendor advisory.

Why it matters

Review the vendor advisory and exposure of the affected product to determine operational impact.

Detection & mitigation

• Apply vendor-provided updates or mitigations.
• Review affected product exposure and access logs.