# CVE-2024-1042: Missing authorization in WP Radio – Worldwide Online Radio Stations Directory for WordPress

> Authenticated subscribers can modify plugin settings and import data due to missing capability checks in AJAX functions.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/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:** 10 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-78gp-j22r-4mpj

## What is CVE-2024-1042?

CVE-2024-1042 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in princeahmed WP Radio – Worldwide Online Radio Stations Directory for WordPress, published on 10 Apr 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The WP Radio – Worldwide Online Radio Stations Directory for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on multiple AJAX functions in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber access and above, to import radio stations, remove countries, and modify the plugin's settings, which can lead to Cross-Site Scripting, tracked separately in CVE-2024-1041.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1042?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wpmilitary Wp Radio.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-1042?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1042 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-1042 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1042 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in princeahmed WP Radio – Worldwide Online Radio Stations Directory for WordPress

- [CVE-2024-1041](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1041/): Cross-site scripting in WP Radio – Worldwide Online Radio Stations Directory for WordPress (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2023-46150](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-46150/): WordPress WP Radio plugin <= 3.1.9 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-1042 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-1042 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in princeahmed WP Radio – Worldwide Online Radio Stations Directory for WordPress, published on 10 Apr 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1042 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: princeahmed WP Radio – Worldwide Online Radio Stations Directory for WordPress. 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-2024-1042/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1042/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-1042
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1042
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1042

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1042/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.