GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform <= 3.13.0 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (GiveWP Worker+) Arbitrary Post Actions

2024-07-18 00:00

Thanh Nam Tran

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 3.14.0

Affected PluginGiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform

Affected Version<= 3.13.0

CVSS5.4Medium

CVECVE-2024-5977

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Vulnerability Overview

The GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 3.13.0 via the 'handleRequest' function due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with GiveWP Worker-level access and above, to delete and update arbitrary posts.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 3.14.0, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key) The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5977 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2dca6c29-9f05-4d82-90e3-834f1dd8005a

CVSS Vector

5.4

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityLow

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