CVE-2024-38737

ReDi Restaurant Reservation <= 24.0422 - Missing Authorization

2024-07-11 00:00
Ananda Dhakal

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 24.0712
Affected Plugin
ReDi Restaurant Reservation – Instant Restaurant Booking & Table Reservation System
Affected Version
<= 24.0422
CVSS
5.3Medium
Weakness type
CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
CVE
CVE-2024-38737
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At a glance

CVE-2024-38737 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the ReDi Restaurant Reservation WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 24.0422. 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 24.0712; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed July 2024, reported by Ananda Dhakal.

Vulnerability Overview

The ReDi Restaurant Reservation plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the redi_restaurant_admin_menu_link_new() function in versions up to, and including, 24.0422. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update settings.

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

ReDi Restaurant Reservation <= 24.0422 carries this weakness at redi_restaurant_admin_menu_link_new(), 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 ReDi Restaurant Reservation the fix is 24.0712: builds <= 24.0422 are affected, anything from 24.0712 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 24.0712, 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: ReDi Restaurant Reservation 24.0712 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Login Security
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-38737https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/41aa5b3d-4ffd-4251-965a-a5131e925a54https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38737

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