CVE-2024-10664 Missing authorization in Knowledge Base documentation & wiki plugin – BasePress Docs
Authenticated subscribers can modify database entries due to missing capability checks in the BasePress Docs 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-2024-10664?
CVE-2024-10664 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in codesavory Knowledge Base documentation & wiki plugin – BasePress Docs, published on 4 Dec 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Knowledge Base documentation & wiki plugin – BasePress Docs plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the basepress_db_posts_update() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.16.3.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update the database.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-10664?
How do I fix CVE-2024-10664?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-10664 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-2024-10664 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-10664 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wgc9-p78v-h782.