CVE-2024-11848 NitroPack <= 1.17.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Options Update
Authenticated subscribers can modify arbitrary plugin options to fixed values, potentially enabling user registration or causing denial of service.
- 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-2024-11848?
CVE-2024-11848 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in NitroPack – Performance, Page Speed & Cache Plugin for Core Web Vitals, CDN & Image Optimization, published on 15 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The NitroPack plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'nitropack_dismiss_notice_forever' AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 1.17.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to update arbitrary options to a fixed value of '1' which can activate certain options (e.g., enable user registration) or modify certain options in a way that leads to a denial of service condition.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-11848?
How do I fix CVE-2024-11848?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-11848 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-2024-11848 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-11848 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-phj2-ppc2-2mjf.