CVE-2024-10728 PostX <= 4.1.16 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Plugin Installation/Activation
Authenticated subscribers can install and activate arbitrary plugins due to missing capability checks, potentially leading to remote code execution.
- 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-2024-10728?
CVE-2024-10728 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in wpxpo Post Grid Gutenberg Blocks for News, Magazines, Blog Websites – PostX, published on 16 Nov 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Post Grid Gutenberg Blocks and WordPress Blog Plugin – PostX plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized plugin installation/activation due to a missing capability check on the 'install_required_plugin_callback' function in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.16. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to install and activate arbitrary plugins which can be leveraged to achieve remote code execution if another vulnerable plugin is installed and activated.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-10728?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wpxpo Postx.
How do I fix CVE-2024-10728?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-10728 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-2024-10728 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-10728 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Other vulnerabilities in wpxpo Post Grid Gutenberg Blocks for News, Magazines, Blog Websites – PostX
- CVE-2023-36385 WordPress PostX – Gutenberg Blocks for Post Grid Plugin <= 2.9.9 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- CVE-2024-4305 PostX < 4.1.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
- CVE-2024-50443 WordPress PostX plugin <= 4.1.12 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
- CVE-2023-3992 PostX - Gutenberg Post Grid Blocks < 3.0.6 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- CVE-2024-31246 WordPress PostX plugin <= 3.2.3 - Author+ Post/Page Duplication vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h7j2-r3qv-9q3v.