SecuriTricks - CVE-2022-4974

Description

The Freemius SDK, as used by hundreds of WordPress plugin and theme developers, was vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery and Information disclosure due to missing capability checks and nonce protection on the _get_debug_log, _get_db_option, and the _set_db_option functions in versions up to, and including 2.4.2. Any WordPress plugin or theme running a version of Freemius less than 2.4.3 is vulnerable.

Product(s) Impacted

Product	Versions
Freemius SDK	up to 2.4.2

Weaknesses

CWE-862

Missing Authorization

The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

References

https://freemius.com/blog/managing-security-issues-open-source-freemius-sdk-security-disclosure/

https://web.archive.org/web/20220225174410/https%3A//www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2022/02/25/our-security-review-of-wordpress-plugin-found-freemius-library-still-contained-vulnerabilities-3-years-after-major-security-incident/

https://wpdirectory.net/search/01FWPVWA7BC5DYGZHNSZQ9QMN5

https://wpdirectory.net/search/01G02RSGMFS1TPT63FS16RWEYR

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6dae6dca-7474-4008-9fe5-4c62b9f12d0a

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/39fb0499-9ab4-4a2f-b0db-ece86bcf4d42?source=cve

CVSS Score

6.3 / 10

CVSS Data

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Attack Complexity: LOW
Privileges Required: LOW
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact: LOW
Integrity Impact: LOW
Availability Impact: LOW

View Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Date

Published: Oct. 16, 2024, 7:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Oct. 16, 2024, 4:38 p.m.

Status : Undergoing Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

security@wordfence.com

CVE-2022-4974