PT-2024-18361 · WordPress · Autowriter

Lucio Sá · Published 2024-04-09 · Updated 2024-04-10 · CVE-2024-1850

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions AutoWriter plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 3.3

Description The issue allows authenticated attackers with subscriber access or higher to access, modify, or delete posts due to a missing capability check on functions hooked by AJAX actions. This enables them to view all posts generated with the plugin, including those in non-published status, create and publish new posts, publish unpublished posts, or perform post deletions.

Recommendations For AutoWriter plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 3.3, update to a version higher than 3.3 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-1850

Affected Products

Autowriter

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1850 · Security Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/43fc47ca-15ca-4817-b1b8-389245725e73?source=cve · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3056020%40ai-post-generator&new=3056020%40ai-post-generator&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3057511%40ai-post-generator&new=3057511%40ai-post-generator&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= · Note