{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8253 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8253 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2024-8253 is a high-severity vulnerability in pickplugins Post Grid and Gutenberg Blocks, published on 11 Sep 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2024-8253 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2024-8253 is a high-severity vulnerability in pickplugins Post Grid and Gutenberg Blocks, published on 11 Sep 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8253 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: pickplugins Post Grid and Gutenberg Blocks. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8253/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8253/index.md)","id":"CVE-2024-8253","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8253/index.md","name":"CVE-2024-8253","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-2hp6-4vgr-wvjw"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WordPress plugin","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Authenticated subscribers can escalate privileges to administrator by improperly updating user meta values in the Post Grid and Gutenberg Blocks plugin.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Wordfence","cpe":[{"product":"post_grid","vendor":"pickplugins"}],"cvss":{"score":8.8,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-266","name":"Incorrect Privilege Assignment"}],"description":"The Post Grid and Gutenberg Blocks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions 2.2.87 to 2.2.90. This is due to the plugin not properly restricting what user meta values can be updated and ensuring a form is active. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to update their user meta to become an administrator.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Post Grid and Gutenberg Blocks 2.2.87 - 2.2.90 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2024-8253","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2024"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":4,"next":{"headline":"Code injection in Email Subscribers \u0026 Newsletters – Email Marketing, Post Notifications \u0026 Newsletter Plugin for WordPress","id":"CVE-2024-8254"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Clean Login \u003c= 1.14.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Local File Inclusion","id":"CVE-2024-8252"},"products":["Post Grid and Gutenberg Blocks"],"published":"2024-09-11","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Post Grid \u003c= 2.1.12 - Contributor+ SQL Injection","id":"CVE-2021-4450","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-10-16"},{"cvss_score":7.5,"headline":"Path traversal in Post Grid, Slider \u0026 Carousel Ultimate – with Shortcode, Gutenberg Block \u0026 Elementor Widget","id":"CVE-2024-13408","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-01-24"},{"cvss_score":7.5,"headline":"Cross-site scripting in n/a","id":"CVE-2020-35936","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-01-01"},{"cvss_score":7.5,"headline":"Cross-site scripting in n/a","id":"CVE-2020-35937","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-01-01"},{"cvss_score":7.5,"headline":"Deserialization in n/a","id":"CVE-2020-35938","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-01-01"},{"cvss_score":7.5,"headline":"Deserialization in n/a","id":"CVE-2020-35939","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-01-01"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-09-11","vendors":["pickplugins"]},"summary":"Authenticated subscribers can escalate privileges to administrator by improperly updating user meta values in the Post Grid and Gutenberg Blocks plugin.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8253/"}