CVE-2024-3821

wpDataTables - Tables & Table Charts (Premium) <= 6.3.2 - Missing Authorization to DataTable Access & Modification

2024-05-31 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 6.4
Affected Plugin: wpDataTables – WordPress Data Table, Dynamic Tables & Table Charts Plugin
Affected Version: <= 6.3.2
CVSS: 7.3High
Weakness type: CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
CVE: CVE-2024-3821

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At a glance

CVE-2024-3821 is a high-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the wpDataTables WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 6.3.2. It carries a CVSS score of 7.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 6.4; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed May 2024, reported by villu164.

Vulnerability Overview

The wpDataTables – WordPress Data Table, Dynamic Tables & Table Charts Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on several functions in the wdt_ajax_actions.php file in all versions up to, and including, 6.3.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to manipulate data tables. Please note this only affects the premium version of the plugin.

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

Reaching this weakness in wpDataTables <= 6.3.2 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 wpDataTables the fix is 6.4: builds <= 6.3.2 are affected, anything from 6.4 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 6.4, 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: wpDataTables 6.4 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

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External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-3821 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d32215b5-9ecb-4feb-b76f-18821184dd8b https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3821

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CVSS Vector

7.3

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityLow

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