CVE-2024-12559 ClickDesigns <= 1.8.0 - Missing Authorization to API Key Modification or Removal
Unauthenticated attackers can modify or remove the ClickDesigns plugin API key due to missing capability checks.
- 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-2024-12559?
CVE-2024-12559 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in 1clickdesigns ClickDesigns, published on 7 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The ClickDesigns plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'clickdesigns_add_api' and the 'clickdesigns_remove_api' functions in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify or remove the plugin's API key.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12559?
How do I fix CVE-2024-12559?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12559 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-2024-12559 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12559 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2932-63p2-x63x.