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CVE-2024-7291

The JetFormBuilder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.4.1. This is due to improper restriction on user meta fields. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level and above permissions, to register as...

CVE-2024-7291

The CVE-2024-7291 entry concerns JetFormBuilder for WordPress. It describes an authenticated privilege-escalation flaw in versions up to and including 3.3.4.1 caused by improper restriction on user meta fields, enabling an administrator+ on multi-site installations to register as a super-admin. C...

CVE-2024-7291: Improper Privilege Management

The JetFormBuilder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.4.1. This is due to improper restriction on user meta fields. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level and above permissions, to register as...

Exploit for Special Element Injection in Google Android

CVE 2024 0044 CVE-2024-0044, identified in the createSessionI...

CVE-2024-6698

The FundEngine plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.0. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying user meta updated through the updateusermeta function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level...

CVE-2024-6698 FundEngine – Donation and Crowdfunding Platform <= 1.7.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation

The FundEngine plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.0. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying user meta updated through the updateusermeta function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level...

CVE-2024-6698

CVE-2024-6698: FundEngine – Donation and Crowdfunding Platform for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to and including 1.7.0. The root cause is improper verification of user meta updates performed via update_user_meta, enabling authenticated users with subscriber-l...

[SECURITY] Fedora 40 Update: kernel-6.9.12-200.fc40

The kernel meta package...

PT-2024-37805 · WordPress · Fundengine

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: FundEngine plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.7.0 Description: The issue is due to the plugin not properly verifying user meta updated through the update user meta function. This allows authenticated attackers, with...

CVE-2024-2508 WP Mobile Menu <= 2.8.4.4 - Missing Authorization to _mobmenu_icon Post Meta Modification

The WP Mobile Menu plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the savemenuitemicon function in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.4.4. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to add the 'mobmenuicon' post meta to...

Meta Settles for $1.4 Billion with Texas Over Illegal Biometric Data Collection

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, agreed to a record $1.4 billion settlement with the U.S. state of Texas over allegations that it illegally collected biometric data of millions of users without their permission, marking one of the largest penalties levied by regulato...

WordPress WP Mobile Menu plugin <= 2.8.4.4 - Missing Authorization to _mobmenu_icon Post Meta Modification vulnerability

Missing Authorization to mobmenuicon Post Meta Modification vulnerability discovered by 1337Wannabe in WordPress Plugin WP Mobile Menu versions = 2.8.4.4...

PT-2024-20731 · WordPress · Wp Mobile Menu

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: WP Mobile Menu plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 2.8.4.4 Description: The issue allows unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the save menu item icon function. This makes it possible for...

AI Pulse: Brazil Gets Bold with Meta, Interpol’s Red Flag & more

The second edition of AI Pulse is all about AI regulation: what’s coming, why it matters, and what might happen without it. We look at Brazil’s hard não to Meta, how communities are pushing back against AI training data use, Interpol’s warnings about AI deepfakes, and more...

Meta takes down 63,000 sextortion-related accounts on Instagram

Meta announced the take-down of 63,000 sextortion-related Instagram accounts in Nigeria alone. The action was directed against a group known as Yahoo Boys, a loosely organized set of cybercriminals that largely operate out of Nigeria and specialize in different types of scams. Meta took down a ho...

Meta Removes 63,000 Instagram Accounts Linked to Nigerian Sextortion Scams

Meta Platforms on Wednesday said it took steps to remove around 63,000 Instagram accounts in Nigeria that were found to target people with financial sextortion scams. "These included a smaller coordinated network of around 2,500 accounts that we were able to link to a group of around 20...

CVE-2024-6750

The Social Auto Poster plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access, modification, and loss of data due to a missing capability check on multiple functions in all versions up to, and including, 5.3.14. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to add, modify, or delete pos...

CVE-2024-6751

The Social Auto Poster plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 5.3.14. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on multiple functions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to add, modify, or delete post meta an...

WordPress Social Auto Poster plugin <= 5.3.14 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Post Meta Update via wpw_auto_poster_update_tweet_template vulnerability

Missing Authorization to Authenticated Subscriber+ Arbitrary Post Meta Update via wpwautoposterupdatetweettemplate vulnerability discovered by István Márton in WordPress Plugin Social Auto Poster versions = 5.3.14...