CVE-2024-1994
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Image Watermark plugin for WordPress contains a vulnerability (CVE-2024-1994) discovered in all versions up to and including 1.7.3. The vulnerability stems from a missing capability check on the watermarkactionajax() function, which was disclosed on April 5, 2024 (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability is characterized by a missing capability check in the watermarkactionajax() function, which allows unauthorized modification of data. The severity is rated as MEDIUM with a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 4.3 (Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N) (Wordfence).

Impact

The vulnerability enables authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access or higher to apply and remove watermarks from images without proper authorization (NVD).

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