Description

WordPress Plugin Post Grid Gutenberg Blocks and WordPress Blog-PostX is prone to a security bypass vulnerability. Exploiting this issue may allow attackers to perform otherwise restricted actions and subsequently change arbitrary options, which can be used to enable new user registration and set the default role for new users to Administrator. WordPress Plugin Post Grid Gutenberg Blocks and WordPress Blog-PostX version 4.1.2 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 4.1.3 or latest

References

https://github.com/truonghuuphuc/CVE-2024-5326-Poc

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/ultimate-post/post-grid-gutenberg-blocks-and-wordpress-blog-plugin-postx-412-missing-authorization-to-arbitrary-options-update

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2024-5326 CWE-862 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update Authentication Bypass