CVE-2024-24883

Prime Slider – Addons For Elementor <= 3.11.10 - Incorrect Authorization via bdt_duplicate_as_draft

2024-02-05 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 3.11.11
Affected Plugin: Prime Slider – Hero Slider, Carousel, WooCommerce & Post Slider Elementor Addons
Affected Version: <= 3.11.10
CVSS: 5.4Medium
Weakness type: CWE-863 · Incorrect Authorization
CVE: CVE-2024-24883

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At a glance

CVE-2024-24883 is a medium-severity Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in the Prime Slider WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 3.11.10. It carries a CVSS score of 5.4 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). The issue is fixed in version 3.11.11; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed February 2024, reported by Abu Hurayra (HurayraIIT).

Vulnerability Overview

The Prime Slider – Addons For Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the bdt_duplicate_as_draft() function in versions up to, and including, 3.11.10. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to duplicate posts that may be private or password protected and view the contents.

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-863: Incorrect Authorization

Prime Slider <= 3.11.10 carries this weakness at bdt_duplicate_as_draft(), and reaching it takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. Incorrect authorization means a permission check exists but evaluates the wrong thing, so it passes for callers it was meant to stop.

The action runs for users the code intended to exclude, with the same effect as having no check at all. For Prime Slider the fix is 3.11.11: builds <= 3.11.10 are affected, anything from 3.11.11 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 3.11.11, 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: Prime Slider 3.11.11 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

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External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-24883 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/691b7428-73e5-4800-85a1-19daa85aff4e https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-24883

Related records

CVSS Vector

5.4

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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