CVE-2024-3664 Missing authorization in Quick Featured Images
Authenticated contributors can arbitrarily delete or set thumbnails on posts they do not own due to missing capability checks.
- 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-2024-3664?
CVE-2024-3664 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in kybernetikservices Quick Featured Images, published on 23 Apr 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Quick Featured Images plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the set_thumbnail and delete_thumbnail functions in all versions up to, and including, 13.7.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to delete thumbnails and add thumbnails to posts they did not author.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-3664?
How do I fix CVE-2024-3664?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-3664 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-2024-3664 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-3664 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pxc4-f9p3-54rp.