CVE-2024-43290

Atarim <= 4.0.1 - Missing Authorization via remove_feedbacktool_notice()

2024-08-16 00:00
Trương Hữu Phúc (truonghuuphuc)

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 4.0.2
Affected Plugin
Atarim – AI Agency for WordPress: Edit Pages, Fix Code, Update Plugins, SEO & Client Feedback
Affected Version
<= 4.0.1
CVSS
5.3Medium
Weakness type
CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
CVE
CVE-2024-43290
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At a glance

CVE-2024-43290 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Atarim WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 4.0.1. It carries a CVSS score of 5.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 4.0.2; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed August 2024, reported by Trương Hữu Phúc (truonghuuphuc).

Vulnerability Overview

The Atarim plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the remove_feedbacktool_notice() function in versions up to, and including, 4.0.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to dismiss feedback tool notice.

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 privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-862: Missing Authorization

Atarim <= 4.0.1 carries this weakness at remove_feedbacktool_notice(), and reaching it 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 Atarim the fix is 4.0.2: builds <= 4.0.1 are affected, anything from 4.0.2 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 4.0.2, 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: Atarim 4.0.2 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Login Security
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43290https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c3ede2bc-15a6-4194-a963-d176cb0fc612https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43290

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