Strategic Overview
- Status
- Unpatched
- Affected Plugin
- Page Restrict
- Affected Version
<= 2.5.5- CVSS
- 5.3Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-693 · Protection Mechanism Failure
- CVE
CVE-2024-0682
At a glance
CVE-2024-0682 is a medium-severity Protection Mechanism Failure vulnerability in the Page Restrict WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 2.5.5. It carries a CVSS score of 5.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. No fixed release has been reported yet; treat installations running this software as exposed. Disclosed February 2024, reported by Francesco Carlucci.
Vulnerability Overview
The Page Restrict plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to information disclosure in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.5. This is due to the plugin not properly restricting access to posts via the REST API when a page has been made private. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to view protected posts.
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-693: Protection Mechanism Failure
The product does not use or incorrectly uses a protection mechanism that provides sufficient defense against directed attacks against the product.
Remediation
No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
How does WordSec protect against this?
No patched version is recorded yet, so there is nothing to update to; WordSec's vulnerability alerts flag this record the moment that changes.
- Alerts
External References
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