vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: molongui-authorship: CVE-2024-30507: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Mar 28, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | May 5, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Mar 28, 2024
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
May 5, 2026
Description
The Author Box, Guest Author and Co-Authors for Your Posts – Molongui plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 4.7.7 due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to perform an unauthorized action.
Solution
molongui-authorship-plugin-cve-2024-30507
References
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-30507
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/62aa0cc4-ef8e-4727-ac07-3481c0464b05?source=api-prod
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2024-28427
- CVE-2024-30507
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2024-30507
- CWE-639
- EUVD-EUVD-2024-28427
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