CVE-2024-2920

WP-Members Membership Plugin <= 3.4.9.3 - Unprotected Storage of Potentially Sensitive Files

2024-04-25 00:00
Tim Coen

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 3.4.9.4
Affected Version
<= 3.4.9.3
CVSS
5.3Medium
Weakness type
CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE
CVE-2024-2920
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At a glance

CVE-2024-2920 is a medium-severity Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in the WP-Members Membership Plugin WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 3.4.9.3. 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 3.4.9.4; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed April 2024, reported by Tim Coen.

Vulnerability Overview

The WP-Members Membership Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 3.4.9.3 due to the plugin uploading user supplied files to a publicly accessible directory in wp-content without any restrictions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to view files uploaded by other users which may contain sensitive information.

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-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Reaching this weakness in WP-Members Membership Plugin <= 3.4.9.3 takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. 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 WP-Members Membership Plugin the fix is 3.4.9.4: builds <= 3.4.9.3 are affected, anything from 3.4.9.4 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 3.4.9.4, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The fix is the thing that ends this: WP-Members Membership Plugin 3.4.9.4 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

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