CVE-2024-6012 Cost Calculator Builder <= 3.2.12 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Content Creation

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Authenticated subscribers can create arbitrary posts and modify existing content due to missing capability checks in the Cost Calculator Builder 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-2024-6012?

CVE-2024-6012 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in stylemix Cost Calculator Builder, published on 2 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Cost Calculator Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'embed-create-page' and 'embed-insert-pages' functions in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.12. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to create arbitrary posts and append arbitrary content to existing posts.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6012?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Stylemixthemes Cost Calculator Builder.

How do I fix CVE-2024-6012?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6012 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-2024-6012 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6012 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-2m9p-pg55-8rm3.

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