CVE-2024-1850 AI Post Generator | AutoWriter <= 3.3 - Missing Authorization
Authenticated subscribers can view, create, publish, or delete posts due to missing capability checks in the AI Post Generator 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-2024-1850?
CVE-2024-1850 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in kekotron AI Post Generator | AutoWriter, published on 9 Apr 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The AI Post Generator | AutoWriter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access, modification or deletion of posts due to a missing capability check on functions hooked by AJAX actions in all versions up to, and including, 3.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber access or higher, to view all posts generated with this plugin (even in non-published status), create new posts (and publish them), publish unpublished post or perform post deletions. CVE-2024-32713 may be a duplicate of this issue.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1850?
How do I fix CVE-2024-1850?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1850 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-2024-1850 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1850 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jcrv-j83j-p76q.