CVE-2024-10591 Missing authorization in MWB HubSpot for WooCommerce – CRM, Abandoned Cart, Email Marketing, Marketing Automation & Analytics

High 8.8 Published Updated

Authenticated contributors can update arbitrary options to escalate privileges to administrator due to missing capability checks.

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-2024-10591?

CVE-2024-10591 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in makewebbetter MWB HubSpot for WooCommerce – CRM, Abandoned Cart, Email Marketing, Marketing Automation & Analytics, published on 30 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The MWB HubSpot for WooCommerce – CRM, Abandoned Cart, Email Marketing, Marketing Automation & Analytics plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the hubwoo_save_updates() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to update arbitrary options on the WordPress site. This can be leveraged to update the default role for registration to administrator and enable user registration for attackers to gain administrative user access to a vulnerable site.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-10591?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Makewebbetter Hubspot for Woocommerce.

How do I fix CVE-2024-10591?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-10591 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-2024-10591 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-10591 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-hfgf-g5x7-vvfr.

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