vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: permalink-manager: CVE-2024-2538: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P) | Mar 18, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | May 5, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Published
Mar 18, 2024
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
May 5, 2026
Description
The Permalink Manager Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'ajax_save_permalink' function in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.3.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author access and above, to modify the permalinks of arbitrary posts.
Solution
permalink-manager-plugin-cve-2024-2538
References
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-2538
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/70cd028d-122d-4e3c-ac09-150dec07a2cd?source=api-prod
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2024-27487
- CVE-2024-2538
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2024-2538
- CWE-639
- CWE-862
- EUVD-EUVD-2024-27487
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