CVE-2024-11689 HQ Rental Software <= 1.5.29 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary Options Update
Unauthenticated attackers can trick administrators into updating arbitrary options, potentially leading to privilege escalation in HQ Rental Software.
- 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-2024-11689?
CVE-2024-11689 is a high-severity vulnerability in caagsoftware HQ Rental Software, published on 12 Dec 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 HQ Rental Software plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.29. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the displaySettingsPage() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update arbitrary options that can be leveraged for privilege escalation 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-2024-11689?
How do I fix CVE-2024-11689?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-11689 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-11689 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-11689 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j4j8-493g-r4rx.