PT-2024-18200 · WordPress · Categorify

Francesco Carlucci · Published 2024-02-27 · Updated 2025-01-07 · CVE-2024-1652

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 allows unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the categorifyAjaxClearCategory function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to clear categories.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 1.0.7.4, update to a version higher than 1.0.7.4 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the categorifyAjaxClearCategory function until a patch is available.

Fix

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-1652

Affected Products

Categorify

References · 7

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3034410/categorify · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1652 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1652 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1762474013048123594 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/72435 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1762438222683017673 · Twitter Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/acccc6ae-553d-4ed5-8ba9-06a9061d725c?source=cve · Note