Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-35665

CVE-2024-35665:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Missing Authorization vulnerability was discovered in the WordPress Insert Post Ads plugin affecting versions through 1.3.2. The vulnerability was reported on January 16, 2024, and published by Patchstack on June 3, 2024. This security issue has been assigned CVE-2024-35665 (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) and vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N. The issue stems from missing authorization checks that could allow unprivileged users to execute certain higher privileged actions (Patchstack).

Impact

The vulnerability has a low severity impact and is considered unlikely to be exploited. While specific details about the potential impact are limited, broken access control vulnerabilities generally allow attackers to perform unauthorized actions with elevated privileges (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

Currently, there is no official fix available from the plugin developer. However, Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to mitigate this issue by blocking potential attacks until an official fix becomes available (Patchstack).

Additional resources

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Source: This report was generated using AI

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