CVE-2024-12606 Missing authorization in Opace AI Scribe: SEO Content Creator & Humaizer for OpenAI & Anthropic
Authenticated subscribers can modify plugin settings due to missing capability checks in the AI Scribe 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-2024-12606?
CVE-2024-12606 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in opacewebdesign Opace AI Scribe: SEO Content Creator & Humaizer for OpenAI & Anthropic, published on 10 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The AI Scribe – SEO AI Writer, Content Generator, Humanizer, Blog Writer, SEO Optimizer, DALLE-3, AI WordPress Plugin ChatGPT (GPT-4o 128K) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the engine_request_data() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update plugin settings.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12606?
How do I fix CVE-2024-12606?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12606 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-2024-12606 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12606 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gf48-phqq-q3qr.