Knowledge Base documentation & wiki plugin – BasePress Docs <= 2.16.3.3 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Database Update
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 2.16.3.4
- Affected Plugin
- Knowledge Base documentation & wiki plugin – BasePress Docs
- Affected Version
<= 2.16.3.3- CVSS
- 4.3Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
- CVE
CVE-2024-10664
At a glance
CVE-2024-10664 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Knowledge Base documentation & wiki plugin WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 2.16.3.3. It carries a CVSS score of 4.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Subscriber level or above. The issue is fixed in version 2.16.3.4; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed December 2024, reported by BrokenAC ignore.
Vulnerability Overview
The Knowledge Base documentation & wiki plugin – BasePress Docs plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the basepress_db_posts_update() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.16.3.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update the database.
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
Knowledge Base documentation & wiki plugin <= 2.16.3.3 carries this weakness at basepress_db_posts_update(), and reaching it takes an account at Subscriber level or above. 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 Knowledge Base documentation & wiki plugin the fix is 2.16.3.4: builds <= 2.16.3.3 are affected, anything from 2.16.3.4 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 2.16.3.4, 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: Knowledge Base documentation & wiki plugin 2.16.3.4 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Login Security
- Alerts
External References
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