Contact List – Easy Business Directory, Staff Directory and Address Book Plugin <= 2.9.87 - Missing Authorization to Notice Dismissal

2024-05-09 00:00

Dhabaleshwar Das

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.9.88

Affected PluginContact List – Online Staff Directory & Address Book

Affected Version<= 2.9.87

CVSS5.3Medium

CVECVE-2024-34821

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Vulnerability Overview

The Contact List – Easy Business Directory, Staff Directory and Address Book Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the process_notifications() function in versions up to, and including, 2.9.87. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to dismiss notices.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.9.88, or a newer patched version --- 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-2024-34821 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7732742c-e8a9-4bd0-8013-76418a563fc2

CVSS Vector

5.3

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

Base

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

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