CVE-2024-13368 Missing authorization in Youzify – BuddyPress Community, User Profile, Social Network & Membership Plugin for WordPress

Medium 4.3 Published 25 Jan 2025 Updated 8 Apr 2026

Authenticated subscribers can update arbitrary site options due to missing capability checks in the Youzify 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-2024-13368?

CVE-2024-13368 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Youzify – BuddyPress Community, User Profile, Social Network & Membership Plugin for WordPress, published on 25 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Youzify – BuddyPress Community, User Profile, Social Network & Membership Plugin for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the youzify_offer_banner() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update arbitrary site options to a value of one.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13368?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Kainelabs Youzify.

How do I fix CVE-2024-13368?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13368 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-2024-13368 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13368 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-v5pw-5prq-q5g5.