themedropbox Themes <= Various Versions - Missing Authorization to Notice Dismissal

2024-07-04 00:00

Dhabaleshwar Das

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.3.6

Affected ThemeConstruction Landing Page

Affected Version<= 1.3.5

CVSS4.3Medium

CVECVE-2024-37496

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Vulnerability Overview

Multiple themes for WordPress by themedropbox are vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on variations of the _update_admin_notice function in various versions. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to dismiss admin notices. CVE-2024-37508 should be a part of this CVE.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.3.6, 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-2024-37496 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4ba3c70a-967f-4dc9-aaac-d13b11eb4711

CVSS Vector

4.3

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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