Language Translate Widget for WordPress – ConveyThis <= 234 - Missing Authorization to Limited Option Update

2024-07-22 00:00

Humberto Castelo Branco

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 235

Affected PluginTranslate WordPress with ConveyThis – AI Multilingual Plugin

Affected Version<= 234

CVSS5.3Medium

CVECVE-2024-38792

View all Translate WordPress with ConveyThis – AI Multilingual Plugin vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Overview

The Language Translate Widget for WordPress – ConveyThis plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check in the /app/connect/ConveyThisStart.php file in versions up to, and including, 234. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the api_key option in the database.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 235, 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-2024-38792 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0505d023-a5b9-4c86-aa9b-57ce2335f127

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

This record contains material that is subject to copyright

CVE Usage: MITRE hereby grants you a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license to reproduce, prepare derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE®). Any copy you make for such purposes is authorized provided that you reproduce MITRE's copyright designation and this license in any such copy.

https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse

Defiant hereby grants you a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license to reproduce, prepare derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute this software vulnerability information. Any copy of the software vulnerability information you make for such purposes is authorized provided that you include a hyperlink to this vulnerability record and reproduce Defiant's copyright designation and this license in any such copy.

https://www.wordfence.com/wordfence-intelligence-terms-and-conditions/