CVE-2024-8427 Missing authorization in Frontend Post Submission Manager Lite – Frontend Posting WordPress Plugin
Authenticated subscribers can modify plugin settings and forms due to missing capability checks in Frontend Post Submission Manager Lite.
- 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-2024-8427?
CVE-2024-8427 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in wpshuffle Frontend Post Submission Manager Lite – Frontend Posting WordPress Plugin, published on 6 Sep 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Frontend Post Submission Manager Lite – Frontend Posting WordPress Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the save_global_settings and process_form_edit functions in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update the plugin's settings and forms.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8427?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wpshuffle Frontend Post Submission Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2024-8427?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8427 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-2024-8427 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8427 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mxhr-5h76-4875.