CVE-2024-37250 WordPress Advanced Custom Fields Pro plugin < 6.3.2 - Subscriber+ Broken Access Control vulnerability
Medium 5.4
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-37250 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2024-37250 is a medium-severity vulnerability in WPEngine Inc. Advanced Custom Fields PRO, published on 1 Nov 2024.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-37250 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: WPEngine Inc. Advanced Custom Fields PRO. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37250/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37250/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-37250?
CVE-2024-37250 is a medium-severity vulnerability in WPEngine Inc. Advanced Custom Fields PRO, published on 1 Nov 2024.
Official description
Missing Authorization vulnerability in WPEngine Inc. Advanced Custom Fields PRO allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Advanced Custom Fields PRO: from n/a through 6.3.1.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-37250?
How do I fix CVE-2024-37250?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-37250 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-37250 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-37250 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2v4f-h7wf-hprx.