CVE-2024-8195

Permalink Manager Lite <= 2.4.4 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure

2024-08-27 00:00
stealthcopter

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 2.4.4.1
Affected Plugin
Permalink Manager Lite
Affected Version
<= 2.4.4
CVSS
5.3Medium
Weakness type
CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
CVE
CVE-2024-8195
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At a glance

CVE-2024-8195 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Permalink Manager Lite WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 2.4.4. 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 2.4.4.1; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed August 2024, reported by stealthcopter.

Vulnerability Overview

The Permalink Manager Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the 'debug_data', 'debug_query', and 'debug_redirect' functions in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.4. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including password, title, and content of password-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-862: Missing Authorization

Permalink Manager Lite <= 2.4.4 carries this weakness at debug_data, and reaching it takes no account at all. 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 Permalink Manager Lite the fix is 2.4.4.1: builds <= 2.4.4 are affected, anything from 2.4.4.1 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 2.4.4.1, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

This one needs no account at all, which puts it outside what login hardening can reach; WordSec's login security narrows the account-level paths around it, and the firewall is what inspects the request itself. None of that substitutes for the fix: Permalink Manager Lite 2.4.4.1 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Login Security
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-8195https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/aadf1d59-60ba-4da2-adbb-4e84d587a34dhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8195

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