Business One Page <= 1.2.9 - Missing Authorization to Notice Dismissal
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 1.3.0
- Affected Theme
- Business One Page
- Affected Version
<= 1.2.9- CVSS
- 4.3Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
- CVE
CVE-2024-37505
At a glance
CVE-2024-37505 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Business One Page WordPress theme, affecting versions <= 1.2.9. It carries a CVSS score of 4.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). The root cause is a missing authorization check on a reachable function. The issue is fixed in version 1.3.0; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed July 2024, reported by Dhabaleshwar Das.
Vulnerability Overview
The Business One Page theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the business_one_page_update_admin_notice() function in versions up to, and including, 1.2.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to dismiss admin notices.
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.
CWE-862: Missing Authorization
Business One Page <= 1.2.9 carries this weakness at business_one_page_update_admin_notice(), and reaching it 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 Business One Page the fix is 1.3.0: builds <= 1.2.9 are affected, anything from 1.3.0 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 1.3.0, 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: Business One Page 1.3.0 closes this, and updating the theme is the step that ends it.
- Login Security
- Alerts
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