CVE-2024-2036 ApplyOnline – Application Form Builder and Manager <= 2.6.2 - Missing Authorization to Sensitive Information Exposure
Authenticated subscribers can view sensitive application submissions due to missing capability checks in the ApplyOnline 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-2024-2036?
CVE-2024-2036 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in farhannoor ApplyOnline – Application Form Builder and Manager, published on 22 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The ApplyOnline – Application Form Builder and Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the aol_modal_box AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber access or higher, to view Application submissions.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-2036?
How do I fix CVE-2024-2036?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-2036 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-2024-2036 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-2036 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-ww7g-fw5c-855v.