Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-11270

CVE-2024-11270:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The WordPress Webinar Plugin – WebinarPress plugin for WordPress contains a vulnerability identified as CVE-2024-11270, discovered and reported by Wordfence. The vulnerability was publicly disclosed on January 7, 2025, affecting all versions up to and including 1.33.24. The issue stems from a missing capability check on the 'sync-import-imgs' function and inadequate file type validation (NVD CVE).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified with a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 8.8 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. The security flaw is categorized under CWE-862 (Missing Authorization). The technical root cause involves insufficient authorization controls in the plugin's file handling mechanisms, specifically in the 'sync-import-imgs' function (Wordfence Advisory).

Impact

The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access or higher to create arbitrary files on the affected system. This capability can potentially lead to remote code execution on the affected WordPress installations, presenting a significant security risk to the website and its data (NVD CVE).

Mitigation and workarounds

A patch has been released to address this vulnerability. Website administrators running affected versions of the WebinarPress plugin should update to version 1.33.25 or later. The fix can be found in the WordPress plugin repository (WordPress Patch).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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