CVE-2024-6069 Pie Register - Basic <= 3.8.3.4 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Plugin Installation
Authenticated subscribers can install arbitrary plugins due to missing capability checks, potentially leading to code execution on the server.
- 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-2024-6069?
CVE-2024-6069 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in genetechproducts Pie Register – User Registration, Profiles & Content Restriction, published on 9 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Registration Forms – User Registration Forms, Invitation-Based Registrations, Front-end User Profile, Login Form & Content Restriction plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized arbitrary plugin installation due to a missing capability check on the pieregister_install_addon function in all versions up to, and including, 3.8.3.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to install arbitrary plugins. As a result attackers might achieve code execution on the targeted server
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6069?
How do I fix CVE-2024-6069?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6069 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-2024-6069 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6069 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mh82-x7hm-w8rm.