# CVE-2024-6489: Getwid – Gutenberg Blocks <= 2.0.10 - Missing Authorization to Google API key update

> Authenticated attackers with Contributor access can modify the MailChimp API key due to missing capability checks in the Getwid plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3x6q-q5jm-q33x

## What is CVE-2024-6489?

CVE-2024-6489 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in jetmonsters Getwid – Gutenberg Blocks, published on 20 Jul 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Getwid – Gutenberg Blocks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the get_google_api_key function in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.10. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to set the MailChimp API key.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6489?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Motopress Getwid.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-6489?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6489 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-6489 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6489 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in jetmonsters Getwid – Gutenberg Blocks

- [CVE-2023-1895](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1895/): Getwid – Gutenberg Blocks <= 1.8.3 - Authenticated(Subscriber+) Server Side Request Forgery (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2023-6042](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6042/): Getwid < 2.0.3 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Email Sending to Admin (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2024-10872](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10872/): Getwid – Gutenberg Blocks <= 2.0.12 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-3588](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3588/): Getwid – Gutenberg Blocks <= 2.0.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'Countdown' (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-1948](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1948/): Getwid – Gutenberg Blocks <= 2.0.5 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Block Content (medium 6.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-6489 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-6489 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in jetmonsters Getwid – Gutenberg Blocks, published on 20 Jul 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6489 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: jetmonsters Getwid – Gutenberg Blocks. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6489/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6489/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6489
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6489
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6489

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