CVE-2024-9636

Jan. 15, 2025, 10:15 a.m.

9.8
Critical

Description

The Post Grid and Gutenberg Blocks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions 2.2.85 to 2.3.3. This is due to the plugin not properly restricting what user meta can be updated during profile registration. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register on the site as an administrator.

Product(s) Impacted

Product Versions
Post Grid and Gutenberg Blocks plugin for WordPress
  • ['2.2.85', '2.3.3']

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-269
Improper Privilege Management
The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-grid/tags/2.2.93/includes/blocks/form-wrap/functions.php#L3200
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3117675/post-grid/trunk/includes/blocks/form-wrap/functions.php
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3221012/post-grid/trunk/includes/blocks/form-wrap/functions.php
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1bbe01b8-24ed-4e1e-bafc-0f4dea96c1f3?source=cve

Tags

security@wordfence.com
CWE-269
2025-01-15
CVE-2024-9636

CVSS Score

9.8 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: NONE
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
  • Integrity Impact: HIGH
  • Availability Impact: HIGH

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

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Timeline

Published: Jan. 15, 2025, 10:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Jan. 15, 2025, 10:15 a.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

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

More info

Source

security@wordfence.com

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