Security advice, made clearer

A reported vulnerability in Security Optimizer affects versions before 1.6.9. It could let someone who already knows a user’s password guess the second authentication factor and take over the account.

A security record describes a low-severity issue in older versions of the BuddyForms WordPress plugin. It concerns deletion of some visitor-uploaded media files, not access to an entire website.

A published security advisory concerns the Firelight Lightbox WordPress plugin. It affects versions before 2.3.24 under the stated conditions, but the supplied evidence does not confirm a fixed release.

A weakness in Payment Forms for Paystack may let authorised WordPress users view stored payment-gateway credentials. Site owners should check the installed version and the publisher’s current remediation guidance.

A security advisory affects the way some account roles are assigned through the plugin’s registration form. Here is what to check and how to respond calmly.

A reported vulnerability in Froxlor before version 2.3.15 could let logged-in customers create MySQL databases even when an administrator had disabled that feature.

A high-severity information-disclosure issue in Froxlor could expose API credentials to administrators with a particular permission. Here is what website owners should check.

A medium-severity issue in Control Web Panel affects versions before 1.29. There is no confirmed fixed release in the available evidence, so site owners should check the publisher’s current guidance before making changes.

A published advisory describes a high-severity SQL injection issue in Control Web Panel (CWP) versions before 1.16. Here is what to check and what the finding does—and does not—tell you.

A vulnerability has been reported in Control Web Panel (CWP) versions before 1.16. Here is what site owners and administrators should check, and what the report does—and does not—show.

A medium-severity authorisation issue could allow an unauthenticated visitor to view unpublished job-position details in affected Dolibarr installations. Here is what site owners should check.

A reported vulnerability affects Dolibarr ERP CRM versions before 24.0.0. It requires administrator authentication, but could allow operating-system commands to be run as the web server user.

A published advisory describes a medium-severity denial-of-service issue in certain versions of svg-sanitizer. Here is what site owners should check and do next.

A high-severity vulnerability in svg-sanitizer could make a website’s PHP workers spend excessive time processing a specially prepared SVG file. Here is what to check and what the available evidence does—and does not—show.

A security issue in older versions of the open-source pypdf library could make an application use excessive memory when opening a specially crafted PDF. Here is how to check whether it is relevant to your site or software.

A high-severity issue in pypdf can cause excessive processing and memory use when an application reads the page count of a specially crafted encrypted PDF.

A flaw in the Python PDF library pypdf can cause excessive memory use when it processes a specially malformed PDF. Here is how to check what your site or application uses.

A serious vulnerability has been reported in the Python packages pybars3 and pybars4. It matters where an application accepts templates from people who should not be able to run Python code.

A vulnerability in Chamilo LMS could let a malicious webpage trigger changes when an authenticated administrator or DRH visits it. Here is what site owners should check.

A published security advisory affects Chamilo LMS versions before 2.0.1. The issue depends on an attacker first being able to place specially crafted data in the system’s database.

A security weakness affects FilePress versions up to and including 3.0.1. It concerns how authenticated users may be allowed to access folders belonging to other libraries.

A vulnerability in certain Netsweeper releases could let a crafted link run JavaScript in a user’s Netsweeper web administration session. Here is what administrators should verify.