CVE-2024-9636 (GCVE-0-2024-9636)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-01-15 09:25
Modified
2025-01-15 14:40
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Summary
The Post Grid and Gutenberg Blocks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions 2.2.85 to 2.3.3. This is due to the plugin not properly restricting what user meta can be updated during profile registration. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register on the site as an administrator.
References
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-grid/tags/2.2.93/includes/blocks/form-wrap/functions.php#L3200
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3117675/post-grid/trunk/includes/blocks/form-wrap/functions.php
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3221012/post-grid/trunk/includes/blocks/form-wrap/functions.php
security@wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1bbe01b8-24ed-4e1e-bafc-0f4dea96c1f3?source=cve
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
pickplugins Post Grid and Gutenberg Blocks – ComboBlocks Version: 2.2.85   ≤ 2.3.3
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