CVE-2024-12164 Missing authorization in WPSyncSheets For WPForms – Google Sheets Connector for WPForms & Real‑Time Data Export
Authenticated subscribers can reset plugin settings due to missing capability checks, allowing unauthorized configuration changes.
- 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-2024-12164?
CVE-2024-12164 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in creativewerkdesigns WPSyncSheets For WPForms – Google Sheets Connector for WPForms & Real‑Time Data Export, published on 12 Feb 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The WPSyncSheets Lite For WPForms – WPForms Google Spreadsheet Addon plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the wpsslwp_reset_settings() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.6. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to reset the plugin's settings.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12164?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Creativewerkdesigns Wpsyncsheets.
How do I fix CVE-2024-12164?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12164 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-2024-12164 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12164 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qhq5-vhcm-vhx5.