AdFoxly – Ad Manager, AdSense Ads & Ads.txt <= 1.8.5 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Ad Status Update

2024-05-20 00:00

Lucio Sá

Strategic Overview

Status

Unpatched

Affected PluginAdFoxly – Ad Manager, AdSense Ads & Ads.txt

Affected Version<= 1.8.5

CVSS5.3Medium

CVECVE-2024-34802

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Vulnerability Overview

The AdFoxly – Ad Manager, AdSense Ads & Ads.txt plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the adfoxly_ad_status() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to enable and disable ads.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement. --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-34802 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0f64cbff-96a2-45e6-b37a-a7d4702fdf09

CVSS Vector

5.3

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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