CVE-2024-8667 Missing authorization in HurryTimer – An Scarcity and Urgency Countdown Timer for WordPress & WooCommerce
Authenticated contributors can publish arbitrary posts due to missing capability checks in the HurryTimer 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-2024-8667?
CVE-2024-8667 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in nlemsieh HurryTimer – An Scarcity and Urgency Countdown Timer for WordPress & WooCommerce, published on 24 Oct 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The HurryTimer – An Scarcity and Urgency Countdown Timer for WordPress & WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized post publication due to a missing capability check on the activateCampaign() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.10.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to publish arbitrary posts like ones they have submitted for review, or a site administrator has in draft.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8667?
How do I fix CVE-2024-8667?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8667 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-2024-8667 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8667 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cvmm-v9f3-jfpg.