CVE-2024-27953 WordPress Cryptocurrency Widgets – Price Ticker & Coins List Plugin <= 2.6.8 is vulnerable to Broken Access Control
Attackers can bypass authorization checks in the Cryptocurrency Widgets plugin to access restricted functionality without proper permissions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-27953?
CVE-2024-27953 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Cool Plugins Cryptocurrency Widgets – Price Ticker & Coins List, published on 13 Mar 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Cool Plugins Cryptocurrency Widgets – Price Ticker & Coins List.This issue affects Cryptocurrency Widgets – Price Ticker & Coins List: from n/a through 2.6.8.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-27953?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Coolplugins Cryptocurrency Widgets.
How do I fix CVE-2024-27953?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-27953 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-2024-27953 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-27953 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cool Plugins Cryptocurrency Widgets – Price Ticker & Coins List
- CVE-2024-0709 SQL injection in Cryptocurrency Widgets – Price Ticker & Coins List
- CVE-2024-43304 WordPress Cryptocurrency Widgets plugin <= 2.8.0 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
- CVE-2023-36681 WordPress Cryptocurrency Widgets – Price Ticker & Coins List plugin <= 2.6.2 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-937m-7ff7-w747.