CVE-2024-12620 Missing authorization in AnimateGL Animations for WordPress – Elementor & Gutenberg Blocks Animations
Unauthenticated attackers can modify plugin settings due to a missing capability check in the AnimateGL WordPress plugin.
- 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-2024-12620?
CVE-2024-12620 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in creativeinteractivemedia AnimateGL Animations for WordPress – Elementor & Gutenberg Blocks Animations, published on 1 Feb 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The AnimateGL Animations for WordPress – Elementor & Gutenberg Blocks Animations plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'agl_json' AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.23. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the plugin's settings.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12620?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Creativeinteractivemedia Animategl Animations.
How do I fix CVE-2024-12620?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12620 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-2024-12620 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12620 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-96qc-qf9j-9wfg.