PT-2024-39726 · Sovrn · The Editorial Assistant

István Márton · Published 2024-10-26 · Updated 2024-10-28 · CVE-2024-9626

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 The Editorial Assistant by Sovrn plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.3.3

Description The issue allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access and above to modify data without proper authorization. This is due to a missing capability check on the ajax zemanta set featured image function, enabling attackers to upload various file types, such as jpg, png, txt, and zip, and set the post featured image.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 1.3.3, update to a version that includes a fix for the missing capability check on the ajax zemanta set featured image function to prevent unauthorized data modification. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the ajax zemanta set featured image function to prevent exploitation.

Fix

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-9626

Affected Products

The Editorial Assistant

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9626 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvedetector/9003 · Telegram Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/zemanta/tags/1.3.3/zemanta.php#L713 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/99586 · Telegram Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8775662f-d007-4edf-826e-f755d7b11c25?source=cve · Note