Subscriber-level settings changes via leaked AJAX nonce
Published Jun 7, 2023 · Updated Apr 8, 2026
Missing authorization in Spectra Legacy 1.14.7 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to change plugin settings through AJAX. Six handlers in classes/class-uagb-admin.php omit capability checks and accept the same uagb-block-nonce, which the plugin exposes when a logged-in user posts page=uag. Subscriber-level access is sufficient to activate or deactivate blocks, toggle beta updates, and change file-generation behavior.
Summary
What happened
Missing authorization in Spectra Legacy 1.14.7 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to change plugin settings through AJAX. Six handlers in classes/class-uagb-admin.php omit capability checks and accept the same uagb-block-nonce, which the plugin exposes when a logged-in user posts page=uag. Subscriber-level access is sufficient to activate or deactivate blocks, toggle beta updates, and change file-generation behavior.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2020-36702
- Published
- Jun 7, 2023
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Vendor
- Presto Made, Inc.
- Product
- Spectra Legacy
- Classifications
- CWE-862
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 7, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 8, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=1.14.7
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Public exploit references
- NinTechNet authenticated AJAX settings-change demonstrationproof of concept · demonstrated
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