CVE-2024-6579 Missing authorization in Web and WooCommerce Addons for WPBakery Builder
Authenticated subscribers can modify plugin settings due to missing capability checks in the Web and WooCommerce Addons for WPBakery 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-2024-6579?
CVE-2024-6579 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in genetechproducts Web and WooCommerce Addons for WPBakery Builder, published on 16 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Web and WooCommerce Addons for WPBakery Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized plugin settings modification due to a missing capability check on several plugin functions in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to change some of the plugin settings.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6579?
How do I fix CVE-2024-6579?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6579 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-2024-6579 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6579 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7v4c-crf5-vp7r.