CVE-2024-39640 WordPress Social Feed Gallery plugin <= 4.3.9 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Attackers can bypass access controls in the WP Social Feed Gallery plugin to perform unauthorized actions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-39640?
CVE-2024-39640 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in QuadLayers WP Social Feed Gallery, published on 1 Nov 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Missing Authorization vulnerability in QuadLayers WP Social Feed Gallery allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects WP Social Feed Gallery: from n/a through 4.3.9.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-39640?
How do I fix CVE-2024-39640?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-39640 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-2024-39640 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-39640 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rc2g-x9x4-6pm2.