CVE-2024-1860 Missing authorization in Disable Json API, Login Lockdown, XMLRPC, Pingback, Stop User Enumeration Anti Hacker Scan

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

Unauthenticated attackers can add their IP to the whitelist, bypassing security protections in the Anti Hacker Scan 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-2024-1860?

CVE-2024-1860 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in sminozzi Disable Json API, Login Lockdown, XMLRPC, Pingback, Stop User Enumeration Anti Hacker Scan, published on 28 Feb 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Disable Json API, Login Lockdown, XMLRPC, Pingback, Stop User Enumeration Anti Hacker Scan plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the antihacker_add_whitelist() function in all versions up to, and including, 4.51. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to add their IP Address to the whitelist circumventing protection

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1860?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Billminozzi Anti Hacker.

How do I fix CVE-2024-1860?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1860 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-2024-1860 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1860 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-w6wm-9q8x-p5h7.

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