CVE-2024-2038

Visual Website Collaboration, Feedback & Project Management – Atarim <= 3.22.6 - Hardcoded Credentials

2024-05-22 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 3.30
Affected Plugin: Atarim – AI Agency for WordPress: Edit Pages, Fix Code, Update Plugins, SEO & Client Feedback
Affected Version: <= 3.22.6
CVSS: 7.5High
Weakness type: CWE-259 · Use of Hard-coded Password
CVE: CVE-2024-2038

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At a glance

CVE-2024-2038 is a high-severity Use of Hard-coded Password vulnerability in the Atarim WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 3.22.6. It carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high integrity impact). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 3.30; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed May 2024, reported by Lucio Sá.

Vulnerability Overview

The Visual Website Collaboration, Feedback & Project Management – Atarim plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access in all versions up to, and including, 3.22.6. This is due to the use of hardcoded credentials to authenticate all the incoming API requests. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify plugin settings, delete posts, modify post titles, and upload images.

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. A successful exploit has high impact on integrity.

CWE-259: Use of Hard-coded Password

The product contains a hard-coded password, which it uses for its own inbound authentication or for outbound communication to external components.

Remediation

Update to version 3.30, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The fix is the thing that ends this: Atarim 3.30 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-2038 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/29532f4d-e830-4c99-ad77-076eebbbe98d https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2038

Related records

Other vulnerabilities in Atarim – AI Agency for WordPress: Edit Pages, Fix Code, Update Plugins, SEO & Client Feedback

CVSS Vector

7.5

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

Base

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

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