Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 3.4
- Affected Plugin
- AI Post Generator | AutoWriter
- Affected Version
<= 3.3- CVSS
- 6.3Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
- CVE
CVE-2024-1850
At a glance
CVE-2024-1850 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the AI Post Generator WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 3.3. It carries a CVSS score of 6.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). The root cause is a missing authorization check on a reachable function. The issue is fixed in version 3.4; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed March 2024, reported by Lucio Sá.
Vulnerability Overview
The AI Post Generator | AutoWriter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access, modification or deletion of posts due to a missing capability check on functions hooked by AJAX actions in all versions up to, and including, 3.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber access or higher, to view all posts generated with this plugin (even in non-published status), create new posts (and publish them), publish unpublished post or perform post deletions. CVE-2024-32713 may be a duplicate of this issue.
Technical Analysis
The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user.
CWE-862: Missing Authorization
Reaching this weakness in AI Post Generator <= 3.3 takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. A missing authorization check means a function is reachable by anyone who can reach the endpoint, because the code never asks whether the caller is allowed to perform the action.
Any user who can reach the endpoint gets to run an action reserved for higher-privileged roles, from reading protected data to changing settings or content. For AI Post Generator the fix is 3.4: builds <= 3.3 are affected, anything from 3.4 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 3.4, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
Because it turns on account access, WordSec's login security is the relevant layer: role-based two-factor, captcha and brute-force limits raise the cost of getting the account this needs. None of that substitutes for the fix: AI Post Generator 3.4 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Login Security
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