5.4
MEDIUM
CVE-2024-1641
"WordPress Accordion Plugin Unauthenticated Post Duplication and Data Access"
Description

The Accordion plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data and modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'accordions_duplicate_post_as_draft' function in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.96. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor access and above, to duplicate arbitrary posts, allowing access to the contents of password-protected posts.

INFO

Published Date :

April 9, 2024, 7:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 10, 2024, 1:23 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.5

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-1641 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Pickplugins accordion

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-1641 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Apr. 09, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description The Accordion plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data and modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'accordions_duplicate_post_as_draft' function in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.96. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor access and above, to duplicate arbitrary posts, allowing access to the contents of password-protected posts.
    Added Reference Wordfence https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0e7e7c70-4d07-4550-9cf8-5135b87b67ca?source=cve [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Wordfence https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/accordions/tags/2.2.96/includes/duplicate-post.php [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Wordfence https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=/accordions/tags/2.2.96&old=3050599&new_path=/accordions/tags/2.2.97&new=3050599&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= [No types assigned]
    Added CVSS V3.1 Wordfence AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
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