vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: announcer: CVE-2024-31261: Missing Authorization
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Apr 5, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | May 5, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Apr 5, 2024
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
May 5, 2026
Description
The Announcer – Notification and message bars plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the admin_ajax() function in versions up to, and including, 6.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to update some settings.
Solution
announcer-plugin-cve-2024-31261
References
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-31261
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5981209b-5dc7-4823-bd90-2f9514beb616?source=api-prod
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2024-29157
- CVE-2024-31261
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2024-31261
- CWE-862
- EUVD-EUVD-2024-29157
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