The Post Grid – Shortcode, Gutenberg Blocks and Elementor Addon for Post Grid <= 7.6.1 - Missing Authorization

2024-04-30 00:00

Pavel Palii

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 7.7.0

Affected PluginThe Post Grid – Shortcode, Gutenberg Blocks and Elementor Addon for Post Grid

Affected Version<= 7.6.1

CVSS4.3Medium

CVECVE-2024-3936

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Vulnerability Overview

The The Post Grid – Shortcode, Gutenberg Blocks and Elementor Addon for Post Grid plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the rtTPGSaveSettings function in all versions up to, and including, 7.6.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber access or higher, to change the plugin's settings and invoke other functions hooked by AJAX actions.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 7.7.0, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-3936 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f4ef2ced-3c82-4379-8b14-1cf11482fd35

CVSS Vector

4.3

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

Base

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

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