Vulnerability Details: Option Update in ND Shortcodes (ND Shortcodes For Visual Composer)
The plugin ND Shortcodes (ND Shortcodes For Visual Composer) was closed on the Plugin Directory yesterday. Today a new version was submitted with the changelog “Improved nd_options_import_settings_php_function function for security reasons”. Looking at the code we found the plugin previously contained a vulnerability that allowed updating arbitrary WordPress options to arbitrary values, though it looks like it would only be exploitable in limited circumstances.
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