Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-23521

CVE-2024-23521:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The vulnerability (CVE-2024-23521) is a Missing Authorization vulnerability affecting the Happyforms WordPress plugin versions up to 1.25.10. The vulnerability was discovered by Revan Arifio and publicly disclosed on January 31, 2024. The issue allows unauthenticated attackers to perform unauthorized actions due to a missing capability check (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Broken Access Control issue (CWE-862) with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.3 (Medium). The attack vector is network-based (AV:N), with low attack complexity (AC:L), requiring no privileges (PR:N) 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) (Patchstack).

Impact

The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to perform unauthorized actions within the WordPress installation. While specific details about the potential impact are limited, broken access control vulnerabilities can generally lead to unauthorized access to functionality that should be restricted (WPScan).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in Happyforms version 1.25.11. Users are advised to update to this version or later to address the security issue. No alternative workarounds have been publicly documented (Patchstack).

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Source: This report was generated using AI

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