CVE-2024-9941

WPGYM <= 67.1.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation

2024-11-22 00:00
Tonn

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 67.2.0
Affected Plugin
WPGYM - Wordpress Gym Management System
Affected Version
<= 67.1.0
CVSS
8.8High
Weakness type
CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management
CVE
CVE-2024-9941
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At a glance

CVE-2024-9941 is a high-severity Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in the WPGYM - Wordpress Gym Management System WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 67.1.0. It carries a CVSS score of 8.8 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality, integrity, availability impact). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Subscriber level or above. The issue is fixed in version 67.2.0; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed November 2024, reported by Tonn.

Vulnerability Overview

The WPGYM - Wordpress Gym Management System plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the MJ_gmgt_add_staff_member() function in all versions up to, and including, 67.1.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to create new user accounts with the administrator role.

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. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability — full site compromise territory.

CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management

WPGYM - Wordpress Gym Management System <= 67.1.0 carries this weakness at MJ_gmgt_add_staff_member(), and reaching it takes an account at Subscriber level or above. Improper privilege management means the code lets an account end up with capabilities its role should not have.

It converts a low-privileged account into an administrative one, which makes every other restriction on the site irrelevant. For WPGYM - Wordpress Gym Management System the fix is 67.2.0: builds <= 67.1.0 are affected, anything from 67.2.0 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 67.2.0, 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: WPGYM - Wordpress Gym Management System 67.2.0 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

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External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-9941https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cbff92c1-8492-4d0d-bd90-8fd33625bf6fhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9941

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