CVE-2024-0900 Missing authorization in EleSpare – News, Magazine and Blog Addons for Elementor
Authenticated subscribers can create arbitrary posts due to missing capability checks in the Elespare WordPress 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-2024-0900?
CVE-2024-0900 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in EleSpare – News, Magazine and Blog Addons for Elementor, published on 23 Apr 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Elespare – Build Your Blog, News & Magazine Websites with Expert-Designed Template Kits. One Click Import: No Coding Skills Required! plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized post creation due to a missing capability check on the elespare_create_post() function hooked via AJAX in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to create arbitrary posts.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0900?
How do I fix CVE-2024-0900?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0900 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-2024-0900 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0900 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h93c-r23q-x4wc.