PT-2024-15519 · WordPress · Categorify

Francesco Carlucci · Published 2024-03-13 · Updated 2025-01-08 · CVE-2024-0385

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Categorify plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.0.7.4

Description The issue allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access and above to modify data without proper authorization. This is due to a missing capability check on the categorifyAjaxAddCategory function.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 1.0.7.4, update to a version that includes a fix for the missing capability check on the categorifyAjaxAddCategory function. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the categorifyAjaxAddCategory function to prevent unauthorized data modification.

Fix

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-0385

Affected Products

Categorify

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0385 · Security Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3034410/categorify · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-0385 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1c7c74cf-a109-4f77-a740-5a43ccd4e96a?source=cve · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1767941868703056263 · Twitter Post