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CVE-2024-10861:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Popup Box – Create Countdown, Coupon, Video, Contact Form Popups plugin for WordPress contains a security vulnerability identified as CVE-2024-10861, discovered by researcher Trương Hữu Phúc. The vulnerability was publicly disclosed on November 15, 2024, affecting all versions up to and including 4.9.7 (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from a missing capability check in the deactivate_plugin_option() function, which is classified as CWE-862 (Missing Authorization). It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 5.3 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N (Wordfence).
Impact
The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to update the 'ays_pb_upgrade_plugin' option with arbitrary data, potentially compromising the integrity of the plugin's settings (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been patched in version 4.9.8 of the plugin. Users are advised to update to this version or later to mitigate the security risk (WordPress Plugin).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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