CVE-2024-54378 WordPress Quietly Insights plugin <= 1.2.2 - Arbitrary Option Update to Privilege Escalation vulnerability
Attackers can update arbitrary options to escalate privileges due to missing authorization checks in the Quietly Insights 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-2024-54378?
CVE-2024-54378 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Quietly Insights, published on 16 Dec 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Quietly Quietly Insights quietly-insights allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Quietly Insights: from n/a through <= 1.2.2.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-54378?
How do I fix CVE-2024-54378?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-54378 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-2024-54378 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-54378 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-39wc-cq75-x375.