# CVE-2024-1109: Podlove Podcast Publisher <= 4.0.11 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Data Export

> Unauthenticated attackers can export tracking data and podcast information due to missing capability checks in the Podlove Podcast Publisher plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 7 Feb 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qfm6-2jf8-7v9r

## What is CVE-2024-1109?

CVE-2024-1109 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in eteubert Podlove Podcast Publisher, published on 7 Feb 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Podlove Podcast Publisher plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the init_download() and init() functions in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.11. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to export the plugin's tracking data and podcast information.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1109?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Podlove Podlove Podcast Publisher.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-1109?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1109 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-1109 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1109 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in eteubert Podlove Podcast Publisher

- [CVE-2021-24666](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24666/): Podlove Podcast Publisher < 3.5.6 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2016-10942](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-10942/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-43984](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-43984/): WordPress Podlove Podcast Publisher plugin <= 4.1.13 - CSRF to Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2024-52393](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-52393/): WordPress Podlove Podcast Publisher plugin <= 4.1.15 - Admin+ Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2017-12949](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12949/): SQL injection in n/a (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-1109 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-1109 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in eteubert Podlove Podcast Publisher, published on 7 Feb 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1109 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: eteubert Podlove Podcast Publisher. 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-2024-1109/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1109/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-1109
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1109
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1109

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1109/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.