CVE-2024-2172

2024-03-1315:26:53

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cve-2024-2172

privilege escalation

missing capability check

unauthenticated attackers

9.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

9.9 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.7%

JSON

The Malware Scanner plugin and the Web Application Firewall plugin for WordPress (both by MiniOrange) are vulnerable to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the mo_wpns_init() function in all versions up to, and including, 4.7.2 (for Malware Scanner) and 2.1.1 (for Web Application Firewall). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to escalate their privileges to that of an administrator.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "cyberlord92",
    "product": "Web Application Firewall – website security",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "*",
        "status": "affected",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "2.1.1",
        "versionType": "semver"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  },
  {
    "vendor": "cyberlord92",
    "product": "Malware Scanner",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "*",
        "status": "affected",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "4.7.2",
        "versionType": "semver"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  }
]