CVE-2024-7727

HTML5 Video Player – mp4 Video Player Plugin and Block <= 2.5.32 - Missing Authorization in multiple functions via h5vp_ajax_handler

2024-09-10 00:00
Lucio Sá

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 2.5.33
Affected Plugin
HTML5 Video Player – embed fast, responsive videos with ease
Affected Version
<= 2.5.32
CVSS
5.3Medium
Weakness type
CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
CVE
CVE-2024-7727
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At a glance

CVE-2024-7727 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the HTML5 Video Player WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 2.5.32. It carries a CVSS score of 5.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 2.5.33; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed September 2024, reported by Lucio Sá.

Vulnerability Overview

The HTML5 Video Player – mp4 Video Player Plugin and Block plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on multiple functions called via the 'h5vp_ajax_handler' ajax action in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.32. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to call these functions to manipulate data.

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 privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-862: Missing Authorization

HTML5 Video Player <= 2.5.32 carries this weakness at h5vp_ajax_handler, and reaching it 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 HTML5 Video Player the fix is 2.5.33: builds <= 2.5.32 are affected, anything from 2.5.33 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 2.5.33, 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: HTML5 Video Player 2.5.33 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Login Security
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-7727https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/908df18e-7178-4d40-becb-86e1a714a7dahttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7727

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