Frontend Admin by DynamiApps <= 3.19.4 - Improper Missing Encryption Exception Handling to Form Manipulation

2024-04-18 00:00

István Márton

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 3.19.5

Affected PluginFrontend Admin by DynamiApps

Affected Version<= 3.19.4

CVSS9.8Critical

CVECVE-2024-3729

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Vulnerability Overview

The Frontend Admin by DynamiApps plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to improper missing encryption exception handling on the 'fea_encrypt' function in all versions up to, and including, 3.19.4. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to manipulate the user processing forms, which can be used to add and edit administrator user for privilege escalation, or to automatically log in users for authentication bypass, or manipulate the post processing form that can be used to inject arbitrary web scripts. This can only be exploited if the 'openssl' php extension is not loaded on the server.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 3.19.5, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-636 (Not Failing Securely ('Failing Open')) When the product encounters an error condition or failure, its design requires it to fall back to a state that is less secure than other options that are available, such as selecting the weakest encryption algorithm or using the most permissive access control restrictions.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-3729 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a2d22c5d-5ef5-4920-a1b5-e8284394c7e8

CVSS Vector

9.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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