CVE-2024-3233 Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin <= 5.5.5 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Index Creation
Authenticated subscribers can trigger unauthorized index creation due to missing capability checks in the Ivory Search WordPress plugin.
- 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-2024-3233?
CVE-2024-3233 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in vinod-dalvi Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin, published on 2 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the ajax_create_index() function in all versions up to, and including, 5.5.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to trigger index creation.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-3233?
How do I fix CVE-2024-3233?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-3233 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-2024-3233 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-3233 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fqqc-9cq3-qc2r.