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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-13716
CVE-2024-13716:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Forex Calculators plugin for WordPress (CVE-2024-13716) contains a vulnerability related to unauthorized modification of data, discovered and disclosed on February 28, 2025. The vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 1.3.5 of the plugin. This security issue stems from a missing capability check in the ajaxsettingscallback() function (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) with a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 4.3 (Medium). The attack vector is network-based (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L), requiring low privileges (PR:L) and no user interaction (UI:N). The scope is unchanged (S:U) with no impact on confidentiality (C:N), low impact on integrity (I:L), and no impact on availability (A:N) (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access or higher to update the plugin's settings, potentially compromising the integrity of the plugin's configuration (NVD).
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Source: This report was generated using AI
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