PT-2024-18196 · WordPress · Categorify

Francesco Carlucci · Published 2024-02-27 · Updated 2025-01-07 · CVE-2024-1649

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 arises from a missing capability check on the categorifyAjaxDeleteCategory function, allowing authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access and above to delete categories. This enables unauthorized modification of data.

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 categorifyAjaxDeleteCategory function. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the categorifyAjaxDeleteCategory function to prevent unauthorized category deletion.

Fix

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-1649

Affected Products

Categorify

References · 7

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3034410/categorify · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1649 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1649 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1762438220296376550 · Twitter Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c63ddc62-a4f1-4da4-a65e-4573369d6c30?source=cve · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/72433 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1762474519011184902 · Twitter Post