CVE-2024-1861 Missing authorization in Disable Json API, Login Lockdown, XMLRPC, Pingback, Stop User Enumeration Anti Hacker Scan
Authenticated subscribers can truncate the scan table due to a missing capability check in the Anti Hacker Scan 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-2024-1861?
CVE-2024-1861 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. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, 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_truncate_scan_table() function in all versions up to, and including, 4.52. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to truncate the scan table.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1861?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Billminozzi Anti Hacker.
How do I fix CVE-2024-1861?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1861 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-2024-1861 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1861 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in sminozzi Disable Json API, Login Lockdown, XMLRPC, Pingback, Stop User Enumeration Anti Hacker Scan
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gpw4-cp4w-g7v7.