CVE-2024-0869 Instant Images <= 6.1.0 - Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary Options Update
Authenticated authors can update arbitrary WordPress options due to missing authorization checks in the Instant Images plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-0869?
CVE-2024-0869 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in connekthq Instant Images – One-click Image Uploads from Unsplash, Openverse, Pixabay, Pexels, and Giphy, published on 5 Feb 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Instant Images – One Click Image Uploads from Unsplash, Openverse, Pixabay and Pexels plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized arbitrary options update due to an insufficient check that neglects to verify whether the updated option belongs to the plugin on the instant-images/license REST API endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 6.1.0. This makes it possible for authors and higher to update arbitrary options. CVE-2024-33569 appears to be a duplicate of this issue.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0869?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Connekthq Instant Images - One Click Unsplash Uploads.
How do I fix CVE-2024-0869?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0869 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-2024-0869 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0869 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in connekthq Instant Images – One-click Image Uploads from Unsplash, Openverse, Pixabay, Pexels, and Giphy
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7cgq-w654-fmv8.