Vulnerability · Published Feb 20, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-1322Directorist <= 7.8.4 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Settings Change
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity missing authorization in Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads from wpwax. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 44% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Directorist – WordPress Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'setup_wizard' function in all versions up to, and including, 7.8.4. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to recreate default pages and enable or disable monetization and change map provider.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| wpwax | Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads | 0 – through 7.8.4 |
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/aa26e958-4850-451b-88eb-d48fc0c7feb7?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/directorist/tags/7.8.4/includes/classes/class-setup-wizard.php#L300
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Fdirectorist%2Ftags%2F7.8.4&old=3034765&new_path=%2Fdirectorist%2Ftags%2F7.8.5&new=3034765&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=