# CVE-2024-2538: Permalink Manager <= 2.4.3.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated(Author+) Arbitrary Post Slug Modification

> Authenticated attackers with author access can modify permalinks of arbitrary posts due to missing capability checks in the Permalink Manager Lite plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Mar 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-597f-xh85-qc2h

## What is CVE-2024-2538?

CVE-2024-2538 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in mbis Permalink Manager Lite, published on 20 Mar 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Permalink Manager Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'ajax_save_permalink' function in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.3.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author access and above, to modify the permalinks of arbitrary posts.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization), CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-2538?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Permalink Manager Lite Project Permalink Manager Lite.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-2538?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-2538 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-2538 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-2538 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in mbis Permalink Manager Lite

- [CVE-2022-4021](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4021/): Permalink Manager Lite <= 2.2.20.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-24769](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24769/): Permalink Manager Lite < 2.2.13.1 - Admin+ SQL Injection (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2024-37257](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37257/): WordPress Permalink Manager Lite plugin <= 2.4.3.3 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2024-29092](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-29092/): WordPress Permalink Manager Lite plugin <= 2.4.3 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2022-41781](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-41781/): WordPress Permalink Manager Lite plugin <= 2.2.20 - Broken Access Control vulnerability (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-2538 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-2538 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in mbis Permalink Manager Lite, published on 20 Mar 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-2538 exists.

Affected product: mbis Permalink Manager Lite. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2538/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2538/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-2538
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2538
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-2538

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2538/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.