CVE-2024-8199 Missing authorization in Reviews Feed – Add Testimonials and Customer Reviews From Google Reviews, Yelp, TripAdvisor, and More
Authenticated subscribers can modify API key settings due to missing capability checks in the Reviews Feed 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-2024-8199?
CVE-2024-8199 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in smub Reviews Feed – Add Testimonials and Customer Reviews From Google Reviews, Yelp, TripAdvisor, and More, published on 27 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Reviews Feed – Add Testimonials and Customer Reviews From Google Reviews, Yelp, TripAdvisor, and More plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'update_api_key' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update API Key options.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8199?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Smashballoon Reviews Feed.
How do I fix CVE-2024-8199?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8199 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-2024-8199 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8199 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in smub Reviews Feed – Add Testimonials and Customer Reviews From Google Reviews, Yelp, TripAdvisor, and More
Sources
Also known as GHSA-whcw-39v8-h8p9.