CVE-2024-32712

Podlove Podcast Publisher <= 4.0.14 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

2024-04-22 00:00
LVT-tholv2k

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 4.0.15
Affected Plugin
Podlove Podcast Publisher
Affected Version
<= 4.0.14
CVSS
4.3Medium
Weakness type
CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
CVE
CVE-2024-32712
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At a glance

CVE-2024-32712 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Podlove Podcast Publisher WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 4.0.14. It carries a CVSS score of 4.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). The issue is fixed in version 4.0.15; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed April 2024, reported by LVT-tholv2k.

Vulnerability Overview

The Podlove Podcast Publisher plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.14. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the job_create() and job_delete() functions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete and create jobs via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

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-862: Missing Authorization

Podlove Podcast Publisher <= 4.0.14 carries this weakness at job_create(), 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 Podlove Podcast Publisher the fix is 4.0.15: builds <= 4.0.14 are affected, anything from 4.0.15 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 4.0.15, 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: Podlove Podcast Publisher 4.0.15 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Login Security
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-32712https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b40e70ed-cdcb-4999-92a9-45bbd2515a3dhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-32712

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