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CVE-2024-5704:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The XPlainer – WooCommerce Product FAQ (WooCommerce Accordion FAQ Plugin) for WordPress contains a vulnerability (CVE-2024-5704) discovered in all versions up to and including 1.6.4. The vulnerability was disclosed on July 9, 2024, and involves unauthorized modification of data due to missing capability checks (NVD CVE).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from missing capability checks on several functions in the plugin's admin functionality. This security flaw has been assigned 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:L/A:N, indicating a network-accessible vulnerability with low attack complexity requiring low privileges (NVD CVE).
Impact
The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access or higher to perform unauthorized actions including adding new FAQs, updating existing FAQs, and modifying FAQ associations with products. This represents a significant breach of the intended access control mechanisms (NVD CVE).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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