CVE-2024-0616 Passster – Password Protect Pages and Content <= 4.2.6.2 - Missing Authorization to Sensitive Information Exposure
Unauthenticated attackers can access sensitive metadata and passwords of protected posts via the plugin's API due to missing authorization checks.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-0616?
CVE-2024-0616 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in wpchill Passster – Password Protect Pages and Content, published on 20 Feb 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Passster – Password Protect Pages and Content plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.6.2 via API. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to obtain post titles, slugs, IDs, content and other metadata including passwords of password-protected posts and pages.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0616?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wpchill Passster.
How do I fix CVE-2024-0616?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0616 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2024-0616 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0616 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in wpchill Passster – Password Protect Pages and Content
Sources
Also known as GHSA-59w9-qgx6-7jfp.