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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-31099
CVE-2024-31099:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
A Missing Authorization vulnerability (CVE-2024-31099) was discovered in Averta Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme (auxin-elements) affecting versions through 2.15.7. The vulnerability was reported on March 29, 2024, by security researcher Rafie Muhammad (Patchstack).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a Missing Authorization (CWE-862) issue with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.4 (Medium). The vulnerability vector is CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, indicating network accessibility, low attack complexity, and requiring low privileges (Patchstack).
Impact
The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access and above to import templates due to missing capability checks, potentially leading to unauthorized access to template import functionality (WPScan).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been fixed in version 2.15.8 of the plugin. Users are advised to update to this version or later to resolve the security issue (WPScan).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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