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CVE-2024-31274: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The EmbedPress WordPress plugin contains a Missing Authorization vulnerability (CVE-2024-31274) affecting versions up to 3.9.11. The vulnerability was discovered and reported by Mika, and was publicly disclosed on April 5, 2024 (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Missing Authorization (CWE-862) issue with a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 5.3 (Medium) and vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N. The vulnerability stems from a missing capability check on the delete_source_data and save_source_data functions, which allows unauthenticated attackers to modify data sources (WPScan).

Impact

The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to modify data sources in the EmbedPress plugin, potentially compromising the integrity of embedded content on affected WordPress sites (Patchstack).

Exploitability

The vulnerability is classified as having low attack complexity and requires no privileges or user interaction to exploit, as indicated by the CVSS metrics. It can be accessed remotely by unauthenticated attackers (WPScan).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 3.9.12 of the EmbedPress plugin. Site administrators are advised to update to this version or later to remediate the security issue (Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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