Vulnerability · Published Oct 16, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2022-4974Freemius SDK <= 2.4.2 - Missing Authorization Checks
Medium 6.3
In plain English
A medium-severity missing authorization in DancePress (TRWA) from benmoreassynt. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 39% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Freemius SDK, as used by hundreds of WordPress plugin and theme developers, was vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery and Information disclosure due to missing capability checks and nonce protection on the _get_debug_log, _get_db_option, and the _set_db_option functions in versions up to, and including 2.4.2. Any WordPress plugin or theme running a version of Freemius less than 2.4.3 is vulnerable.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/39fb0499-9ab4-4a2f-b0db-ece86bcf4d42?source=cve
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6dae6dca-7474-4008-9fe5-4c62b9f12d0a
- https://freemius.com/blog/managing-security-issues-open-source-freemius-sdk-security-disclosure/
- https://wpdirectory.net/search/01FWPVWA7BC5DYGZHNSZQ9QMN5
- https://wpdirectory.net/search/01G02RSGMFS1TPT63FS16RWEYR
- https://web.archive.org/web/20220225174410/https%3A//www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2022/02/25/our-security-review-of-wordpress-plugin-found-freemius-library-still-contained-vulnerabilities-3-years-after-major-security-incident/