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CVE-2024-10174: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The WP Project Manager plugin for WordPress (versions up to 2.6.13) contains an Insecure Direct Object Reference vulnerability (CVE-2024-10174) discovered in November 2024. The vulnerability exists in the 'AbstractPermission' class due to missing validation on the 'userid' user-controlled key (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from improper validation in the 'AbstractPermission' class where the 'userid' parameter is not properly validated. This security flaw has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.3 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L, indicating network accessibility with low attack complexity and no privileges required (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to spoof their identity to that of an administrator and gain unauthorized access to all of the plugin's REST routes. This could lead to significant compromise of the WordPress installation's security (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users should immediately update to version 2.6.14 or later of the WP Project Manager plugin, which contains the security fix for this vulnerability (NVD).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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