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CVE-2024-47321: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The WP Datepicker WordPress plugin contains a Missing Authorization vulnerability (CVE-2024-47321) that affects versions through 2.1.1. This security flaw allows unauthorized access to functionality not properly constrained by Access Control Lists (ACLs) (NVD, Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Broken Access Control issue (CWE-862) due to missing authorization checks. The CVSS v3.1 scores vary between sources, with NVD rating it as Critical (9.8) and Patchstack rating it as Medium (6.5). The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to perform unauthorized actions due to insufficient capability checks (WPScan, Patchstack).

Impact

The vulnerability enables unauthenticated attackers to access functionality that should be restricted by Access Control Lists, potentially leading to unauthorized actions within the WordPress installation (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users are advised to update to WP Datepicker version 2.1.2 or later which contains the fix for this vulnerability. Patchstack has also issued a virtual patch to mitigate this issue by blocking potential attacks until users can update to the fixed version (Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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