Hello Agency <= 1.0.5 - Missing Authorization to Notice Dismissal
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 1.0.6
- Affected Theme
- Hello Agency
- Affected Version
<= 1.0.5- CVSS
- 5.3Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
- CVE
CVE-2024-43341
At a glance
CVE-2024-43341 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Hello Agency WordPress theme, affecting versions <= 1.0.5. 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 1.0.6; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed August 2024, reported by Fariq Fadillah Gusti Insani (fariqfgi).
Vulnerability Overview
The Hello Agency theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the hello_agency_dismissble_notice() function in versions up to, and including, 1.0.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to dismiss 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 privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.
CWE-862: Missing Authorization
Hello Agency <= 1.0.5 carries this weakness at hello_agency_dismissble_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 Hello Agency the fix is 1.0.6: builds <= 1.0.5 are affected, anything from 1.0.6 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 1.0.6, 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: Hello Agency 1.0.6 closes this, and updating the theme is the step that ends it.
- Login Security
- Alerts
External References
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