CVE-2024-12327 LazyLoad Background Images <= 1.0.7 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Plugin Settings Update
Authenticated subscribers can modify plugin settings due to missing capability checks in the LazyLoad Background Images WordPress plugin.
- 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-2024-12327?
CVE-2024-12327 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in proloybhaduri LazyLoad Background Images, published on 7 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The LazyLoad Background Images plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the pblzbg_save_settings() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update the plugin's settings.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12327?
How do I fix CVE-2024-12327?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12327 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-2024-12327 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12327 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6m8f-295j-cvx9.