CVE-2024-11415 WP-Orphanage Extended <= 1.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Orphan Account Privilege Escalation
Unauthenticated attackers can escalate privileges of orphan accounts by tricking administrators into clicking a link due to missing nonce validation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-11415?
CVE-2024-11415 is a high-severity vulnerability in meloniq WP-Orphanage Extended, published on 23 Nov 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The WP-Orphanage Extended plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.2. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the wporphanageex_menu_settings() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to escalate the privileges of all orphan accounts via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-11415?
How do I fix CVE-2024-11415?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-11415 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-11415 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-11415 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pgf6-fwmm-qf67.