CVE-2024-2346

FileBird – WordPress Media Library Folders & File Manager <= 5.6.3 - Authenticated (Author+) Insecure Direct Object Reference

2024-04-16 00:00
Tim Coen

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 5.6.4
Affected Plugin
FileBird – WordPress Media Library Folders & File Manager
Affected Version
<= 5.6.3
CVSS
5.4Medium
Weakness type
CWE-639 · Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
CVE
CVE-2024-2346
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At a glance

CVE-2024-2346 is a medium-severity Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability in the FileBird WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 5.6.3. It carries a CVSS score of 5.4 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Author level or above. The issue is fixed in version 5.6.4; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed April 2024, reported by Tim Coen.

Vulnerability Overview

The FileBird – WordPress Media Library Folders & File Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 5.6.3 via folder deletion due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author access or higher, to delete folders created by other users and make their file uploads visible. CVE-2024-35166 may be a duplicate of this issue.

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-639: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

Reaching this weakness in FileBird <= 5.6.3 takes an account at Author level or above. Authorization bypass through a user-controlled key, often called insecure direct object reference, means the application looks up a record by an identifier from the request without checking that the caller owns it.

Changing a number in the request is enough to read or modify other users' records, which on commerce and membership sites means customer data. For FileBird the fix is 5.6.4: builds <= 5.6.3 are affected, anything from 5.6.4 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 5.6.4, 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: FileBird 5.6.4 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Login Security
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-2346https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/82cde234-ae87-438f-911e-bdd0e3ac1132https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2346

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