Input validation vulnerability in Permalinks Customizer 2.8.2

The Permalinks Customizer plugin for WordPress has a security flaw in versions up to and including 2.8.2. An attacker who can trick a website administrator into clicking on a link could use this flaw to flush the website’s rewrite rules. This would happen because the plugin does not properly validate nonce in the post_settings function.

Detected in:

Permalinks Customizer open vulnerable versions: >= * <= 2.8.2

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