CVE-2024-1178 SportsPress – Sports Club & League Manager <= 2.7.17 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Event Permalink Update
Unauthenticated attackers can modify club permalink structures due to missing capability checks in the SportsPress WordPress plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-1178?
CVE-2024-1178 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in themeboy SportsPress – Sports Club & League Manager, published on 5 Mar 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The SportsPress – Sports Club & League Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the settings_save() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.17. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the permalink structure for the clubs
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1178?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Themeboy Sportspress.
How do I fix CVE-2024-1178?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1178 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-2024-1178 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1178 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in themeboy SportsPress – Sports Club & League Manager
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c33g-4mp4-9vx4.