CVE-2024-13361

AI Power: Complete AI Pack <= 1.8.96 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Shortcode Execution

2025-01-21 00:00
mikemyers

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 1.8.97
Affected Plugin
AI Puffer – Chat. Create. Automate. (formerly AI Power)
Affected Version
<= 1.8.96
CVSS
6.3Medium
Weakness type
CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
CVE
CVE-2024-13361
View all AI Puffer – Chat. Create. Automate. (formerly AI Power) vulnerabilities

At a glance

CVE-2024-13361 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the AI Puffer WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.8.96. It carries a CVSS score of 6.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Subscriber level or above. The issue is fixed in version 1.8.97; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed January 2025, reported by mikemyers.

Vulnerability Overview

The AI Power: Complete AI Pack plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the wpaicg_save_image_media function in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.96. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to upload image files and embed shortcode attributes in the image_alt value that will execute when sending a POST request to the attachment page.

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 AI Puffer <= 1.8.96 takes an account at Subscriber level or above. 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 AI Puffer the fix is 1.8.97: builds <= 1.8.96 are affected, anything from 1.8.97 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 1.8.97, 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: AI Puffer 1.8.97 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Login Security
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-13361https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/11d49c89-43be-4e12-86b5-aa7a72a89803https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13361

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