CVE-2024-24718

PropertyHive <= 2.0.6 - Missing Authorization via activate_pro_feature

2024-01-31 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 2.0.7
Affected Plugin: Property Hive
Affected Version: <= 2.0.6
CVSS: 5.3Medium
Weakness type: CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
CVE: CVE-2024-24718

At a glance

CVE-2024-24718 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Property Hive WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 2.0.6. 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 2.0.7; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed January 2024, reported by beluga.

Vulnerability Overview

The PropertyHive plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of premium features due to a missing capability check on the activate_pro_feature() function in versions up to, and including, 2.0.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to activate pro features.

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

Property Hive <= 2.0.6 carries this weakness at activate_pro_feature(), 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 Property Hive the fix is 2.0.7: builds <= 2.0.6 are affected, anything from 2.0.7 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 2.0.7, 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: Property Hive 2.0.7 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

Login Security
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External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-24718 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/84d55f24-c4de-4574-b0cc-cc1b4935d281 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-24718

Related records

Same weakness class

Other vulnerabilities in Property Hive

CVSS Vector

5.3

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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