PT-2024-16377 · WordPress · Pubnews

Kevin Murphy + 1 · Published 2024-12-06 · Updated 2024-12-11 · CVE-2024-10578

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Pubnews theme for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.0.7

Description The issue is related to a missing capability check on the pubnews importer plugin action for notice() function, allowing authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access and above to install arbitrary plugins. This can be leveraged to exploit other vulnerabilities.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 1.0.7, update to a version that includes a fix for the missing capability check on the pubnews importer plugin action for notice() function. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the pubnews importer plugin action for notice() function to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Unrestricted File Upload

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-434

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-10578

Affected Products

Pubnews

References · 11

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-10578 · Security Note
• https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/250743/pubnews/1.0.8?contextall=1&old=245552&old_path=%2Fpubnews%2F1.0.7 · Note
• https://t.me/cvedetector/12170 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/103267 · Telegram Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7eaa0117-5320-431f-b3d2-05a867901528?source=cve · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1864910210315239645 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1864949970748555321 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/latest_high_impact_cve/1618 · Telegram Post
• https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pubnews/1.0.7/inc/admin/admin.php#L1017 · Note
• https://twitter.com/cracbot/status/1866724679907676634 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CveFindCom/status/1864913087117086937 · Twitter Post