CVE-2024-5087 Minimal Coming Soon – Coming Soon Page <= 2.38 - Missing Authorization to Limited Settings Change
Authenticated subscribers can modify plugin license keys and disable features due to missing capability checks in AJAX handlers.
- 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-2024-5087?
CVE-2024-5087 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in webfactory Minimal Coming Soon – Coming Soon Page, published on 8 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Minimal Coming Soon – Coming Soon Page plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the validate_ajax, deactivate_ajax, and save_ajax functions in all versions up to, and including, 2.38. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to edit the license key, which could disable features of the plugin.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5087?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Webfactoryltd Minimal Coming Soon \& Maintenance Mode.
How do I fix CVE-2024-5087?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5087 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-2024-5087 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5087 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in webfactory Minimal Coming Soon – Coming Soon Page
Sources
Also known as GHSA-82r3-68h3-qr79.