CVE-2024-5863 Easy Image Collage <= 1.13.5 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Data Clearance
Authenticated contributors can erase arbitrary post content due to missing capability checks in the Easy Image Collage WordPress 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-2024-5863?
CVE-2024-5863 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in brechtvds Easy Image Collage, published on 28 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Easy Image Collage plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized loss of data due to a missing capability check on the ajax_image_collage() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.13.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to erase all of the content in arbitrary posts.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5863?
How do I fix CVE-2024-5863?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5863 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-2024-5863 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5863 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v7gv-f5qj-3p27.