CVE-2024-7424

Multiple Page Generator Plugin – MPG <= 4.0.1 - Missing Authorization

2024-10-31 18:58
Rafshanzani Suhada

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 4.0.2
Affected Plugin
MPG – Multiple Page Generator, Bulk Landing Pages & Programmatic SEO
Affected Version
<= 4.0.1
CVSS
5.4Medium
Weakness type
CWE-284 · Improper Access Control
CVE
CVE-2024-7424
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At a glance

CVE-2024-7424 is a medium-severity Improper Access Control vulnerability in the MPG WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 4.0.1. It carries a CVSS score of 5.4 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). The root cause is a missing authorization check on a reachable function. The issue is fixed in version 4.0.2; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed October 2024, reported by Rafshanzani Suhada.

Vulnerability Overview

The Multiple Page Generator Plugin – MPG plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of and access to data due to a missing capability check on several functions in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to invoke those functions intended for admin use resulting in subscribers being able to upload csv files and view the contents of MPG projects.

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-284: Improper Access Control

Reaching this weakness in MPG <= 4.0.1 takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. Improper access control means the code decides what a caller may do using something other than their actual permissions, so the decision can be wrong without any check appearing to be missing.

Whoever can shape the request decides the answer, so the protected action runs for callers the code never meant to allow. For MPG the fix is 4.0.2: builds <= 4.0.1 are affected, anything from 4.0.2 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 4.0.2, 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: MPG 4.0.2 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Login Security
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-7424https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/860848c1-dd67-4baf-a571-bc866c5f12f8https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7424

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