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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-56006
CVE-2024-56006:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
A Missing Authorization vulnerability was identified in Automattic Jetpack Debug Tools affecting versions before 2.0.1. The vulnerability was discovered by Rafie Muhammad and was assigned CVE-2024-56006 on December 14, 2024, with public disclosure on May 15, 2025 (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). The vulnerability vector is CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N, indicating network accessibility, low attack complexity, no privileges required, and no user interaction needed (Patchstack).
Impact
The vulnerability allows an unprivileged user to execute certain higher privileged actions due to missing authorization, authentication, or nonce token checks. The specific impact is considered low severity and unlikely to be exploited (Patchstack).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users are advised to update to Jetpack Debug Tools version 2.0.1 or later to remediate this vulnerability. The fix has been implemented in version 2.0.1 (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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