CVE-2024-2472 LatePoint Plugin <= 4.9.9 - Missing Authorization and Sensitive Information Exposure via IDOR

What is CVE-2024-2472?

CVE-2024-2472 is a critical missing authorization vulnerability in LatePoint Plugin, published on 14 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The LatePoint Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data and modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'start_or_use_session_for_customer' function in all versions up to and including 4.9.9. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to view other customer's cabinets, including the ability to view PII such as email addresses and to change their LatePoint user password, which may or may not be associated with a WordPress account.

Weakness: CWE-639

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-2472?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Latepoint Latepoint.

How do I fix CVE-2024-2472?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-2472 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-2024-2472 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-2472 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in LatePoint Plugin

• CVE-2024-8911 LatePoint <= 5.0.11 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary User Password Change via SQL Injection Critical 9.8
• CVE-2024-8943 LatePoint <= 5.0.12 - Authentication Bypass Critical 9.8
• CVE-2024-43945 WordPress LatePoint plugin <= 4.9.91 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability Medium 6.5
• CVE-2024-43992 WordPress LatePoint plugin <= 4.9.91 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability Medium 6.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-c2xh-vr49-pcp6.