CVE-2024-31261 WordPress Announcer – Notification & message bars plugin <= 6.0 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Attackers can bypass authorization checks in the Announcer WordPress plugin to access restricted functionality without proper permissions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-31261?
CVE-2024-31261 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Aakash Chakravarthy Announcer – Notification & message bars, published on 9 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Aakash Chakravarthy Announcer – Notification & message bars.This issue affects Announcer – Notification & message bars: from n/a through 6.0.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-31261?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Aakashweb Announcer.
How do I fix CVE-2024-31261?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-31261 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-2024-31261 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-31261 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9997-jj2v-v73p.