# CVE-2019-15648: Missing authorization in n/a

> A WordPress plugin allows subscribers to delete or rename content due to insufficient authorization checks, enabling unauthorized data modification.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Aug 2019
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-64r9-mr26-hcv4

## What is CVE-2019-15648?

CVE-2019-15648 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 Aug 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The insert-or-embed-articulate-content-into-wordpress plugin before 4.29991 for WordPress has insufficient restrictions on deleting or renaming by a Subscriber.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization), CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery), CWE-287 (Improper Authentication), CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-15648?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Elearningfreak Insert or Embed Articulate Content.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-15648?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-15648 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-15648 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-15648 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2024-5630](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5630/): Insert or Embed Articulate Content into WordPress < 4.3000000024 - Author+ Arbitrary File Upload (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2019-15649](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-15649/): File upload in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-50824](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-50824/): Cross-site scripting in Insert or Embed Articulate Content into WordPress (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-0757](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0757/): Insert or Embed Articulate Content into WordPress <= 4.3000000023 - Author+ Upload to RCE (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2024-0756](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0756/): Insert or Embed Articulate Content into WordPress <= 4.3000000023 - Iframe Injection (low 3.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-15648 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-15648 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 Aug 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-15648 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-15648/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-15648/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-15648
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15648
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-15648

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