CVE-2024-56219: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

A Missing Authorization vulnerability was identified in MarketingFire Widget Options plugin affecting versions through 4.0.6.1. The vulnerability was discovered by Rafie Muhammad and was disclosed on December 19, 2024, receiving the identifier CVE-2024-56219 (Patchstack).

The vulnerability is classified as a Missing Authorization (CWE-862) issue, which represents a broken access control vulnerability. It received a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 4.3 (MEDIUM) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L. This indicates that the vulnerability requires network access and low privileges to exploit, with no user interaction needed (NVD).

The vulnerability allows unprivileged users to execute certain higher privileged actions due to missing authorization, authentication, or nonce token checks in specific functions. The impact is considered to have low severity and is unlikely to be exploited (Patchstack).

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 4.0.8 of the Widget Options plugin. Users are advised to update to version 4.0.8 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users have the option to enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins (Patchstack).