CVE-2024-53814
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Analytify – Google Analytics Dashboard For WordPress (GA4 analytics made easy) plugin is affected by a Missing Authorization vulnerability (CVE-2024-53814). The vulnerability was discovered by Trương Hữu Phúc and affects all versions up to and including 5.4.3, with a fix released in version 5.5.0. The issue was publicly disclosed on December 2, 2024 (Wordfence, WPScan).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Broken Access Control issue (CWE-497/CWE-862) due to a missing capability check on a function. It has received a CVSS v3.1 score of 6.5 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N, indicating network accessibility with low attack complexity and requiring low privileges (Patchstack).

Impact

The vulnerability exposes sensitive system information to unauthorized users, allowing authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access and above to perform unauthorized actions (WPScan).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users are advised to update to Analytify version 5.5.0 or later to resolve the vulnerability. For temporary mitigation, Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to block potential attacks until users can update to the fixed version (Patchstack).

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