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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-54323
CVE-2024-54323:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The New User Approve WordPress plugin (versions through 2.6.2) contains a Missing Authorization vulnerability that allows exploiting incorrectly configured access control security levels (Patchstack). The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on December 11, 2024.
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a Broken Access Control issue with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N. The issue is tracked as CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) (Patchstack).
Impact
The vulnerability could allow attackers to execute certain higher privileged actions due to missing authorization, authentication, or nonce token checks in specific functions (Patchstack).
Exploitability
The vulnerability requires Contributor-level privileges to exploit and has been assessed as having a low severity impact that is unlikely to be exploited (Patchstack).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users are advised to update to version 2.6.4 or later to remediate this vulnerability. The issue has been fixed in the latest release (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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