CVE-2024-33686

ColibriWP Theme framework <= (Various Versions) - Missing Authorization

2024-04-26 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 1.0.99
Affected Theme: Colibri WP
Affected Version: <= 1.0.94
CVSS: 4.3Medium
Weakness type: CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
CVE: CVE-2024-33686

At a glance

CVE-2024-33686 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Colibri WP WordPress theme, affecting versions <= 1.0.94. It carries a CVSS score of 4.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 1.0.99; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed April 2024, reported by Dhabaleshwar Das.

Vulnerability Overview

The ColibriWP Theme framework used by multiple themes for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'activate_plugin' AJAX action in various versions. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to activate arbitrary plugins. CVE-2024-33688 and CVE-2024-2904 should be a part of this CVE.

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.

CWE-862: Missing Authorization

Colibri WP <= 1.0.94 carries this weakness at activate_plugin, 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 Colibri WP the fix is 1.0.99: builds <= 1.0.94 are affected, anything from 1.0.99 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 1.0.99, 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: Colibri WP 1.0.99 closes this, and updating the theme is the step that ends it.

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External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-33686 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/890bcce2-18c2-4df8-a945-0c23437534fc https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-33686

Related records

Other vulnerabilities in Colibri WP

4.3CVE-2024-1360: Colibri WP CSRF to Limited Plugin InstallationCVE-2024-1360

CVSS Vector

4.3

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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