CVE-2024-0908 Missing authorization in Advanced Post Block – Showcase Posts with Grid, List, Card Layouts and Filters
Unauthenticated attackers can retrieve all post data, including password-protected content, due to missing capability checks in the Advanced Post Block WordPress plugin.
- 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-2024-0908?
CVE-2024-0908 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in bplugins Advanced Post Block – Showcase Posts with Grid, List, Card Layouts and Filters, published on 2 May 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Advanced Post Block – Display Posts, Pages, or Custom Posts on Your Page plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the apbPosts() function hooked via an AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 1.13.4. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to retrieve all post data, including those that may be password protected.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0908?
How do I fix CVE-2024-0908?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0908 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-2024-0908 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0908 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pw97-45hw-hhm3.