CVE-2024-38714

WP Fast Total Search <= 1.68.232 - Missing Authorization

2024-07-11 00:00
Majed Refaea

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 1.69.234
Affected Plugin
WP Fast Total Search – The Power of Indexed Search
Affected Version
<= 1.68.232
CVSS
4.3Medium
Weakness type
CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
CVE
CVE-2024-38714
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At a glance

CVE-2024-38714 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the WP Fast Total Search WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.68.232. It carries a CVSS score of 4.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). The root cause is a missing authorization check on a reachable function. The issue is fixed in version 1.69.234; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed July 2024, reported by Majed Refaea.

Vulnerability Overview

The WP Fast Total Search plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on several functions like ajax_set_pause, ajax_se_style_preview, and WPFTS_jxResponse in versions up to, and including, 1.68.232. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to modify plugin settings.

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-862: Missing Authorization

Reaching this weakness in WP Fast Total Search <= 1.68.232 takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. A missing authorization check means a function is reachable by anyone who can reach the endpoint, because the code never asks whether the caller is allowed to perform the action.

Any user who can reach the endpoint gets to run an action reserved for higher-privileged roles, from reading protected data to changing settings or content. For WP Fast Total Search the fix is 1.69.234: builds <= 1.68.232 are affected, anything from 1.69.234 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 1.69.234, 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: WP Fast Total Search 1.69.234 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Login Security
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-38714https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/be071489-8de4-4a27-8d90-f41a86e02683https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38714

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