Bstone Demo Importer <= 1.0.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation

2024-10-25 00:00

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Strategic Overview

Status

Unpatched

Affected PluginBstone Demo Importer

Affected Version<= 1.0.1

CVSS8.8High

CVECVE-2024-50481

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Vulnerability Overview

The Bstone Demo Importer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the reset_wizard_actions() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to reset the WordPress site which will automatically log them in as the site administrator.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement. --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-50481 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/31b67763-0542-4c50-9713-434d15c18cb7

CVSS Vector

8.8

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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