WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail) < 4.1.3- Missing Authorization

Description

The plugin is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on a function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to perform an unauthorized action.

Affects Plugins

Plugin icon
auto-post-thumbnail
Fixed in 4.1.3

References

CVE
CVE-2024-38719
URL
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/auto-post-thumbnail/wordpress-auto-featured-image-plugin-4-0-0-broken-access-control-vulnerability

Classification

Type
NO AUTHORISATION
OWASP top 10
A5: Broken Access Control
CWE
CWE-862
CVSS
4.3 (medium)

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Joshua Chan
Verified
No
WPVDB ID
188bc3b1-cd8d-4a91-8265-88f11af46c57

Timeline

Publicly Published
2024-07-11 (about 1 year ago)
Added
2024-07-16 (about 1 year ago)
Last Updated
2024-10-04 (about 1 year ago)

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