PT-2024-18483 · WordPress · Smart Custom Fields

Lucio Sá · Published 2024-03-19 · Updated 2024-03-21 · CVE-2024-1995

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Smart Custom Fields plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 4.2.2

Description The issue arises from a missing capability check on the relational posts search() function, allowing authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access and above to retrieve post content that is password protected and/or private.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 4.2.2, update to a version that includes a fix for the missing capability check on the relational posts search() function. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the relational posts search() function until a patch is available.

Fix

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-1995

Affected Products

Smart Custom Fields

References · 9

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1995 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1995 · Security Note
• https://github.com/inc2734/smart-custom-fields/commit/67cb6d75bd8189668f721dbd2dc7a3036851be1b · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smart-custom-fields/trunk/classes/fields/class.field-related-posts.php#L78 · Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1770323237051768843 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/RedPacketSec/status/1770753764057612725 · Twitter Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3052172%40smart-custom-fields&new=3052172%40smart-custom-fields&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e966a266-4265-4a72-8a50-e872805219a7?source=cve · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1770274211405119799 · Twitter Post