PT-2024-15881 · WordPress · Watu Quiz

Lucio Sá · Published 2024-04-09 · Updated 2025-08-26 · CVE-2024-0872

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Watu Quiz plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 3.4.1

Description The issue allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access and above to extract sensitive user meta data, including session tokens and user emails, via the watu-userinfo shortcode.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 3.4.1, consider disabling the watu-userinfo shortcode until a patch is available to prevent exploitation.

Fix

IDOR

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-639

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-0872

Affected Products

Watu Quiz

References · 7

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3036986 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-0872 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0872 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1777891071353393534 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cveNotify/133581 · Telegram Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/acc261eb-fafa-4e9d-b7ab-a449f14a7638?source=cve · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/76239 · Telegram Post