CVE-2024-8102 The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended <= 3.0.8 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Options Update
Authenticated subscribers can update arbitrary WordPress options to escalate privileges to administrator due to missing capability checks.
- 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-2024-8102?
CVE-2024-8102 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in wpextended The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended, published on 4 Sep 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the module_all_toggle_ajax() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.8. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update arbitrary options on the WordPress site. This can be leveraged to update the default role for registration to administrator and enable user registration for attackers to gain administrative user access to a vulnerable site.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8102?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wpextended Wp Extended.
How do I fix CVE-2024-8102?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8102 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-2024-8102 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8102 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in wpextended The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended
- CVE-2024-8104 Path traversal in The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended
- CVE-2024-11916 Missing authorization in The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended
- CVE-2024-37259 WordPress WP Extended plugin <= 2.4.7 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
- CVE-2024-8106 The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended <= 3.0.8 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Sensitive Information Exposure
- CVE-2024-9347 The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended <= 3.0.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cw97-95mg-vh8c.