CVE-2024-1769

JM Twitter Cards <= 14 - Information Exposure via Meta Description

2024-03-04 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 14.1.0
Affected Plugin: JM Twitter Cards
Affected Version: <= 14
CVSS: 5.3Medium
Weakness type: CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE: CVE-2024-1769

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At a glance

CVE-2024-1769 is a medium-severity Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in the JM Twitter Cards WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 14. 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 14.1.0; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed March 2024, reported by Krzysztof Zając.

Vulnerability Overview

The JM Twitter Cards plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 14 via the meta description data. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to view password protected post content when viewing the page source.

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-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Reaching this weakness in JM Twitter Cards <= 14 takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. Sensitive information exposure means data the application intended to keep internal is returned to a caller who should not be able to see it.

The disclosed data — credentials, tokens, customer records or internal paths — is usually worth more as material for a follow-up attack than as an end in itself. For JM Twitter Cards the fix is 14.1.0: builds <= 14 are affected, anything from 14.1.0 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 14.1.0, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The fix is the thing that ends this: JM Twitter Cards 14.1.0 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-1769 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b48e5973-6923-47cc-a660-ecc989f540f8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1769

Related records

Same weakness class

7.5JM Twitter Cards < 6.2 Full Path Disclosure

CVSS Vector

5.3

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

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