CVE-2024-2797 MailerLite – Signup forms (official) <= 1.7.6 - Missing Authorization
Unauthenticated attackers can modify plugin settings to allow lower-level users to edit forms due to missing capability checks.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-2797?
CVE-2024-2797 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in MailerLite – Signup forms (official), published on 2 May 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The MailerLite – Signup forms (official) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized plugin setting changes due to a missing capability check on the toggleRolesAndPermissions and editAllowedRolesAndPermissions functions in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to allow lower level users to modify forms.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-2797?
How do I fix CVE-2024-2797?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-2797 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-2024-2797 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-2797 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rh3p-jx4j-wj9v.