Cloud Vulnerability DB
A community-led vulnerabilities database
Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-0366
CVE-2024-0366:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Starbox – the Author Box for Humans plugin for WordPress (CVE-2024-0366) is affected by an Insecure Direct Object Reference vulnerability in all versions up to and including 3.4.7. The vulnerability was discovered and reported by Wordfence, with the initial CVE being assigned on January 9, 2024 (CVE MITRE).
Technical details
The vulnerability exists in the action function of the plugin due to missing validation on a user-controlled key. The severity of this vulnerability has been assessed with a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 4.3 (MEDIUM) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N. The weakness has been categorized as CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key) (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability allows subscribers to view plugin preferences and potentially other user settings, leading to unauthorized access to sensitive configuration information (NVD).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
Related WordPress vulnerabilities:
Free Vulnerability Assessment
Benchmark your Cloud Security Posture
Evaluate your cloud security practices across 9 security domains to benchmark your risk level and identify gaps in your defenses.
Additional Wiz resources
Get a personalized demo
Ready to see Wiz in action?
"Best User Experience I have ever seen, provides full visibility to cloud workloads."
David EstlickCISO
"Wiz provides a single pane of glass to see what is going on in our cloud environments."
Adam FletcherChief Security Officer
"We know that if Wiz identifies something as critical, it actually is."
Greg PoniatowskiHead of Threat and Vulnerability Management