PT-2024-15692 · WordPress · The Passster

Francesco Carlucci · Published 2024-02-20 · Updated 2024-02-29 · CVE-2024-0616

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions The Passster – Password Protect Pages and Content plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 4.2.6.2

Description The issue allows unauthenticated attackers to obtain sensitive information, including post titles, slugs, IDs, content, and other metadata, such as passwords of password-protected posts and pages, via the API.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 4.2.6.2, update to a version later than 4.2.6.2 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the API endpoint to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-0616

Affected Products

The Passster

References · 5

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3032195%40content-protector%2Ftrunk&old=3020439%40content-protector%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file3 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0616 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-0616 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/00b81467-8d00-4816-895a-89d67c541c17?source=cve · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1760025946810470763 · Twitter Post