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CVE-2024-1178: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The SportsPress – Sports Club & League Manager plugin for WordPress contains a vulnerability (CVE-2024-1178) discovered in all versions up to and including 2.7.17. The vulnerability stems from a missing capability check on the settings_save() function, which was disclosed on March 4, 2024 (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified with 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. The technical issue is identified as CWE-862 (Missing Authorization), indicating a fundamental security control absence in the authorization mechanism (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to update the permalink structure for the clubs within the WordPress installation. This unauthorized modification of data capability could potentially affect the website's URL structure and navigation (NVD).

Exploitability

The vulnerability is exploitable remotely by unauthenticated attackers due to its network accessibility (AV:N) and low attack complexity (AC:L). No user interaction is required for exploitation (UI:N), and no privileges are needed (PR:N) (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users should upgrade to version 2.7.18 or later of the SportsPress plugin, which contains the fix for this vulnerability (NVD).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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