PT-2024-18201 · WordPress · Categorify

Francesco Carlucci · Published 2024-02-27 · Updated 2025-01-07 · CVE-2024-1653

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 is related to a missing capability check on the categorifyAjaxUpdateFolderPosition function, allowing authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access and above to modify data without proper authorization. This enables them to update the folder position of categories and modify the metadata of other taxonomies.

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 categorifyAjaxUpdateFolderPosition function. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the categorifyAjaxUpdateFolderPosition function to prevent unauthorized data modification.

Fix

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-1653

Affected Products

Categorify

References · 7

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3034410/categorify · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1653 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1653 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/72436 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1762454143036461350 · Twitter Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/45badd20-1ba8-44be-8a7c-2ce21261e208?source=cve · Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1762473759758274975 · Twitter Post