CVE-2024-2019 WP-DB-Table-Editor <= 1.8.4 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated(Contributor+) Database Access
Authenticated contributors can modify database tables due to missing capability checks in the WP-DB-Table-Editor 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-2024-2019?
CVE-2024-2019 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in bobbysmith007 WP-DB-Table-Editor, published on 4 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The WP-DB-Table-Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data, modification of data, and loss of data due to lack of a default capability requirement on the 'dbte_render' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor access and above, to modify database tables that the theme has been configured to use the plugin to edit.
Weakness: CWE-284
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-2019?
How do I fix CVE-2024-2019?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-2019 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-2024-2019 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-2019 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-75cp-x7c9-mcwq.