Post Grid Gutenberg Blocks and WordPress Blog Plugin – PostX <= 4.1.2 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Options Update

Summary

CVECVE-2024-5326
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerWordfence
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2024-05-30 11:15:30 UTC
Updated2026-04-08 17:19:01 UTC
DescriptionThe Post Grid Gutenberg Blocks and WordPress Blog Plugin – PostX plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'postx_presets_callback' function in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to change arbitrary options on affected sites. This can be used to enable new user registration and set the default role for new users to Administrator.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 8.8 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-862 | CWE-862 CWE-862 Missing Authorization


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary8.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1CNADECLARED8.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Wpxpo Post Grid Gutenberg Blocks For News Magazines Blog Websites PostX affected 4.1.2 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/07a3db33-3787-4b63-835d-8e302... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.wordfence.com
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3093815 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 plugins.trac.wordpress.org
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-post/trunk/classes/Styles.php af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 plugins.trac.wordpress.org
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-post/trunk/classes/Styles.php af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 plugins.trac.wordpress.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: AmrAwad (en)

Additional Advisory Data

SourceTimeEvent
CNA2024-05-29T00:00:00.000ZDisclosed
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