CVE-2024-13801 Missing authorization in BWL Advanced FAQ Manager
Authenticated subscribers can modify site options via a missing capability check, potentially causing denial of service or enabling registration.
- 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-2024-13801?
CVE-2024-13801 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in xenioushk BWL Advanced FAQ Manager, published on 26 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The BWL Advanced FAQ Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to a denial of service due to a missing capability check on the 'baf_set_notice_status' AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update option values to '1' on the WordPress site. This can be leveraged to update an option that would create an error on the site and deny service to legitimate users or be used to set some values to true such as registration.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13801?
How do I fix CVE-2024-13801?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13801 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-2024-13801 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13801 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mg9h-6jx9-8xmh.