PT-2024-23595 · WordPress · Acf Front End Editor

Francesco Carlucci · Published 2024-04-30 · Updated 2024-04-30 · CVE-2024-3072

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 ACF Front End Editor plugin for WordPress versions prior to 2.0.3

Description The issue allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access and above to update arbitrary post title, content, and ACF data due to a missing capability check on the update texts() function.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.0.3, update to version 2.0.3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the update texts() function until a patch is available.

Fix

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-3072

Affected Products

Acf Front End Editor

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3072 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/linuxpatch/status/1785249714553651512 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1785227325128257602 · Twitter Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8e7cbe45-5dd5-4b8f-8504-a52358156838?source=cve · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/acf-front-end-editor/trunk/public/class-acf-front-end-editor-public.php#L225 · Note