CVE-2024-9361 Missing authorization in Bulk images optimizer: Resize, optimize, convert to webp, rename …
Authenticated subscribers can modify plugin options due to missing capability checks in the Bulk Images Optimizer 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-2024-9361?
CVE-2024-9361 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in giuliopanda Bulk images optimizer: Resize, optimize, convert to webp, rename …, published on 18 Oct 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Bulk images optimizer: Resize, optimize, convert to webp, rename … plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'save_configuration' function in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update plugin options.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9361?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Giuliopanda Bulk Images Optimizer.
How do I fix CVE-2024-9361?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9361 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-2024-9361 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9361 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cg2g-6w24-28fp.