PT-2024-17448 · WordPress · Broken Link Checker

Francesco Carlucci · Published 2024-12-19 · Updated 2024-12-19 · CVE-2024-12121

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Broken Link Checker | Finder plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 2.5.0

Description The issue allows authenticated attackers with Author-level access and above to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application. This can be used to query and modify information from internal services via the moblc check link function. The problem is related to Blind Server-Side Request Forgery.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 2.5.0, consider disabling the moblc check link function as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to the plugin to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the plugin until the issue is resolved. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

SSRF

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-918

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-12121

Affected Products

Broken Link Checker

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12121 · Security Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fa52034e-3d11-4be5-ab8b-8f7256be2a3e?source=cve · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3207590/broken-link-finder · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1869573118156542334 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/13302 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1869586021299486893 · Twitter Post