CVE-2024-3936 The Post Grid – Shortcode, Gutenberg Blocks and Elementor Addon for Post Grid <= 7.6.1 - Missing Authorization
Authenticated subscribers can modify plugin settings and invoke AJAX functions due to missing capability checks in the Post Grid 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-2024-3936?
CVE-2024-3936 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in techlabpro1 The Post Grid – Shortcode, Gutenberg Blocks and Elementor Addon for Post Grid, published on 2 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The The Post Grid – Shortcode, Gutenberg Blocks and Elementor Addon for Post Grid plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the rtTPGSaveSettings function in all versions up to, and including, 7.6.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber access or higher, to change the plugin's settings and invoke other functions hooked by AJAX actions.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-3936?
How do I fix CVE-2024-3936?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-3936 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-2024-3936 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-3936 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-frjc-v854-5q33.