PT-2024-38901 · WordPress · Frontend Dashboard

Lucio Sá · Published 2024-09-09 · Updated 2024-09-26 · CVE-2024-8268

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Frontend Dashboard plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 2.2.4

Description: The issue is related to insufficient filtering on callable methods/functions via the ajax request() function, allowing authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access and above to call arbitrary functions. This can be leveraged for privilege escalation by changing user's passwords.

Recommendations: For versions up to, and including, 2.2.4, update to a version that fixes this issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the ajax request() function to minimize the risk of exploitation. Additionally, restrict the ability to call arbitrary functions to prevent privilege escalation.

Fix

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-8268

Affected Products

Frontend Dashboard

References · 14

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-8268 · Vendor Advisory
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3147868/frontend-dashboard/tags/2.2.5/route/class-fed-request.php?old=3048034&old_path=frontend-dashboard%2Ftags%2F2.2.4%2Froute%2Fclass-fed-request.php · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8268 · Security Note
• https://t.me/latest_high_impact_cve/1123 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/AegisLens/status/1833423458371301587 · Twitter Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7d66694a-c99f-44f8-8004-1a47ad9f9250?source=cve · Note
• https://twitter.com/CveFindCom/status/1833332534567956942 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/96169 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/cracbot/status/1835196911101571507 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/5149 · Telegram Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/frontend-dashboard/tags/2.2.4/route/class-fed-request.php#L29 · Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1833387986647462010 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/cracbot/status/1834834548426973273 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1833339245643370601 · Twitter Post