CVE-2024-8513 QA Analytics <= 4.1.1.1 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Settings Update
Unauthenticated attackers can modify plugin settings due to missing capability checks in the QA Analytics WordPress plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-8513?
CVE-2024-8513 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in quarka QA Assistants – Driven by data, published on 10 Oct 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The QA Analytics – Web Analytics Tool with Heatmaps & Session Replay Across All Pages plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the ajax_save_plugin_config() function in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.1.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the plugin's settings.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8513?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Quarka Qa Analytics.
How do I fix CVE-2024-8513?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8513 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-2024-8513 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8513 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v4pc-7q3f-7vf2.