CVE-2024-9503 Maintenance & Coming Soon Redirect Animation <= 2.1.3 - Missing Authorization to Settings Update
Authenticated attackers with Subscriber access can modify plugin settings due to missing capability checks in the Maintenance & Coming Soon Redirect Animation 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-2024-9503?
CVE-2024-9503 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in ilyasine Maintenance & Coming Soon Redirect Animation, published on 20 Dec 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Maintenance & Coming Soon Redirect Animation plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'wploti_add_whitelisted_roles_option', 'wploti_remove_whitelisted_roles_option', 'wploti_add_whitelisted_users_option', 'wploti_remove_whitelisted_users_option', and 'wploti_uploaded_animation_save_option' functions in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to modify certain plugin settings.
Weakness: CWE-284
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9503?
How do I fix CVE-2024-9503?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9503 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-2024-9503 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9503 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xvcj-9449-w85c.