CVE-2024-10548

WP Project Manager <= 2.6.15 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Sensitive Information Exposure via Project Task List REST API

2024-12-18 00:00
Noah Stead (TurtleBurg)

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 2.6.16
Affected Plugin
Project Manager – AI Powered Project Management, Task Management, Kanban Board & Time Tracker
Affected Version
<= 2.6.15
CVSS
6.5Medium
Weakness type
CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE
CVE-2024-10548
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At a glance

CVE-2024-10548 is a medium-severity Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in the Project Manager WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 2.6.15. It carries a CVSS score of 6.5 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality impact). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Subscriber level or above. The issue is fixed in version 2.6.16; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed December 2024, reported by Noah Stead (TurtleBurg).

Vulnerability Overview

The WP Project Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.15 via the Project Task List ('/wp-json/pm/v2/projects/1/task-lists') REST API endpoint. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to extract sensitive data including the hashed passwords of project owners (e.g. adminstrators).

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. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality.

CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Reaching this weakness in Project Manager <= 2.6.15 takes an account at Subscriber level or above. Sensitive information exposure means data the application intended to keep internal is returned to a caller who should not be able to see it.

The disclosed data — credentials, tokens, customer records or internal paths — is usually worth more as material for a follow-up attack than as an end in itself. For Project Manager the fix is 2.6.16: builds <= 2.6.15 are affected, anything from 2.6.16 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 2.6.16, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The fix is the thing that ends this: Project Manager 2.6.16 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-10548https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a21b7c40-2090-4262-9105-346db2325612https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-10548

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