PT-2024-39664 · WordPress · Maintenance & Coming Soon Redirect Animation

Francesco Carlucci · Published 2024-12-20 · Updated 2024-12-20 · CVE-2024-9503

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 Maintenance & Coming Soon Redirect Animation plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 2.1.3

Description The issue is related to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the wploti add whitelisted roles option, wploti remove whitelisted roles option, wploti add whitelisted users option, wploti remove whitelisted users option, and wploti uploaded animation save option functions. This allows authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access and above to modify certain plugin settings.

Recommendations For Maintenance & Coming Soon Redirect Animation plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 2.1.3: Update to a version higher than 2.1.3 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the vulnerable functions until a patch is available. Restrict access to the plugin settings to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-9503

Affected Products

Maintenance & Coming Soon Redirect Animation

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9503 · Security Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/maintenance-coming-soon-redirect-animation/trunk/wploti_maintenance_redirect.php · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3253024 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1870008167091814681 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/13415 · Telegram Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1e716cf9-198c-4a32-883d-3f90dd399aee?source=cve · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/105074 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1870031832055447900 · Twitter Post