# CVE-2024-27950: WordPress Sirv plugin <= 7.2.0 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

> Attackers can bypass authorization checks in the Sirv WordPress plugin to access restricted functionality without proper permissions.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **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:** 1 Mar 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-79pv-8q24-469w

## What is CVE-2024-27950?

CVE-2024-27950 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Sirv, published on 1 Mar 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Sirv CDN and Image Hosting Sirv sirv.This issue affects Sirv: from n/a through <= 7.2.0.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-27950?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sirv Sirv.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-27950?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-27950 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-27950 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-27950 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Sirv

- [CVE-2024-5853](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5853/): Image Optimizer, Resizer and CDN – Sirv <= 7.2.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary File Upload (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2024-8480](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8480/): Missing authorization in Image Optimizer, Resizer and CDN – Sirv (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-32959](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-32959/): WordPress Sirv plugin <= 7.2.2 - Arbitrary Option Update to Privilege Escalation vulnerability (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2016-10950](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-10950/): SQL injection in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-10855](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10855/): Missing authorization in Image Optimizer, Resizer and CDN – Sirv (high 8.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-27950 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-27950 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Sirv, published on 1 Mar 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-27950 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Sirv. 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-2024-27950/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-27950/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-27950
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-27950
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-27950

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-27950/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.