CVE-2024-6599 Meks Video Importer <= 1.0.12 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) API Keys Modification
Authenticated subscribers can modify plugin API keys due to missing capability checks in the Meks Video Importer 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-2024-6599?
CVE-2024-6599 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in mekshq Meks Video Importer, published on 18 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Meks Video Importer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized API key modification due to a missing capability check on the ajax_save_settings function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.12. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to modify the plugin's API keys. CVE-2024-38733 may be a duplicate of this issue.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6599?
How do I fix CVE-2024-6599?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6599 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-2024-6599 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6599 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jgxp-79j8-m39m.