WP Project Manager <= 2.6.17 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Arbitrary Options Update

2025-02-14 20:28

Krzysztof Zając

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.6.18

Affected PluginProject Manager – AI Powered Project Management, Task Management, Kanban Board & Time Tracker

Affected Version<= 2.6.17

CVSS6.5Medium

CVECVE-2024-13752

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Vulnerability Overview

The WP Project Manager – Task, team, and project management plugin featuring kanban board and gantt charts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized loss of data due to a missing capability check in the '/pm/v2/settings/notice' endpoint all versions up to, and including, 2.6.17. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to cause a persistent denial of service condition.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.6.18, 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-2024-13752 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bd54a50b-13ce-43ce-bce1-8fe132abc07e

CVSS Vector

6.5

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityHigh

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