CVE-2024-5489 Wbcom Designs - Custom Font Uploader <= 2.3.4 - Missing Authorization to Font Deletion
Authenticated attackers can delete any custom font due to missing capability checks in the Custom Font Uploader 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-2024-5489?
CVE-2024-5489 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in wbcomdesigns Wbcom Designs – Custom Font Uploader, published on 6 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Wbcom Designs – Custom Font Uploader plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized loss of data due to a missing capability check on the 'cfu_delete_customfont' function in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to delete any custom font.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5489?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wbcomdesigns Custom Font Uploader.
How do I fix CVE-2024-5489?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5489 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-2024-5489 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5489 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-g9vh-rmj6-m6r2.