CVE-2024-38733
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Missing Authorization vulnerability was identified in the Meks Video Importer WordPress plugin, affecting versions up to 1.0.12. The vulnerability was discovered by Majed Refaea and was assigned CVE-2024-38733. The issue stems from missing capability checks in the plugin's functionality, potentially allowing unauthorized access to certain features (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Missing Authorization (CWE-862) issue, with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (Medium). The vulnerability vector is described as CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L, indicating network accessibility, low attack complexity, and requiring low privileges (Patchstack).

Impact

The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to perform unauthorized actions due to incorrectly configured access control security levels. This broken access control issue could potentially lead to unprivileged users executing certain higher privileged actions (WPScan).

Exploitability

The vulnerability has been assessed with a low patch priority, suggesting limited exploitability. It requires subscriber-level privileges to exploit, and there are no known instances of this vulnerability being exploited in the wild (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 1.0.13 of the Meks Video Importer plugin. Users are advised to update to this version or later to remediate the issue. Additionally, Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to mitigate this issue by blocking potential attacks until users can update to the fixed version (Patchstack).

Additional resources


SourceThis report was generated using AI

Related WordPress vulnerabilities:

CVE ID

Severity

Score

Technologies

Component name

CISA KEV exploit

Has fix

Published date

CVE-2026-77115HIGH7.1
  • brave-popup-builder
NoYesAug 23, 2026
CVE-2026-77116MEDIUM4.3
  • brave-popup-builder
NoYesAug 23, 2026
CVE-2026-14853MEDIUM4.3
  • woocommerce-bookings
NoYesAug 23, 2026
CVE-2026-77003LOW2.7
  • content-mask
NoYesAug 23, 2026
CVE-2026-13598NONEN/A
  • restrictmate
NoYesAug 23, 2026

Free Vulnerability Assessment

Benchmark your Cloud Security Posture

Evaluate your cloud security practices across 9 security domains to benchmark your risk level and identify gaps in your defenses.

Request assessment

Get a personalized demo

Ready to see Wiz in action?

"Best User Experience I have ever seen, provides full visibility to cloud workloads."
David EstlickCISO
"Wiz provides a single pane of glass to see what is going on in our cloud environments."
Adam FletcherChief Security Officer
"We know that if Wiz identifies something as critical, it actually is."
Greg PoniatowskiHead of Threat and Vulnerability Management