CVE-2024-54384 WordPress Falcon – WordPress Optimizations & Tweaks plugin <= 2.8.3 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Attackers can bypass access controls in the Falcon WordPress plugin to perform unauthorized actions due to missing authorization checks.
- 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-2024-54384?
CVE-2024-54384 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Anh Tran Falcon – WordPress Optimizations & Tweaks, 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 Anh Tran Falcon – WordPress Optimizations & Tweaks falcon allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Falcon – WordPress Optimizations & Tweaks: from n/a through <= 2.8.3.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-54384?
How do I fix CVE-2024-54384?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-54384 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-2024-54384 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-54384 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v5wp-6cxh-7g56.