CVE-2024-10728
WordPress PostX Plugin Unauthenticated Remote Plugin Installation and Activation Vulnerability
Description
The Post Grid Gutenberg Blocks and WordPress Blog Plugin – PostX plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized plugin installation/activation due to a missing capability check on the 'install_required_plugin_callback' function in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.16. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to install and activate arbitrary plugins which can be leveraged to achieve remote code execution if another vulnerable plugin is installed and activated.
INFO
Published Date :
Nov. 16, 2024, 5:15 a.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 18, 2024, 5:11 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
2.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2024-10728 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2024-10728
vulnerability.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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CVE-2024-10728.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
PostX <= 4.1.16 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Plugin Installation/Activation
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The following list is the news that have been mention
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CVE-2024-10728 vulnerability over time.
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CVE Received by [email protected]
Nov. 16, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description The Post Grid Gutenberg Blocks and WordPress Blog Plugin – PostX plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized plugin installation/activation due to a missing capability check on the 'install_required_plugin_callback' function in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.16. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to install and activate arbitrary plugins which can be leveraged to achieve remote code execution if another vulnerable plugin is installed and activated. Added Reference Wordfence https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/076f36fb-c2fb-43e0-a027-1351d3995489?source=cve [No types assigned] Added Reference Wordfence https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-post/tags/4.1.16/classes/Importer.php#L94 [No types assigned] Added Reference Wordfence https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-post/tags/4.1.16/classes/Initialization.php#L330 [No types assigned] Added Reference Wordfence https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-post/ [No types assigned] Added Reference Wordfence https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3188636/ultimate-post/trunk/classes/Importer.php [No types assigned] Added CWE Wordfence CWE-862 Added CVSS V3.1 Wordfence AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2024-10728 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2024-10728
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