CVE-2024-9628 WPS Telegram Chat <= 4.6.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Unauthorized Access to Telegram Bot API

Medium 6.3 Published Updated

Authenticated subscribers can bypass authorization checks to access the Telegram Bot API, allowing unauthorized data modification and communication.

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-2024-9628?

CVE-2024-9628 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in wpsolution WPS Telegram Chat, published on 25 Oct 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The WPS Telegram Chat plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data and loss of data due to a missing capability check on the 'Wps_Telegram_Chat_Admin::checkСonnection' function in versions up to, and including, 4.6.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to have full access to the Telegram Bot API endpoint and communicate with it.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9628?

It affects 1 product.

Products include 10web Wps Telegram Chat.

How do I fix CVE-2024-9628?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9628 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-2024-9628 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9628 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-rrr5-xgg4-xqq7.

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