Vulnerability · Published Mar 16, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence

CVE-2024-1733Word Replacer Pro <= 1.0 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Content Update

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity missing authorization in Word Replacer Pro from charlestsmith. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 38% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 61.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The Word Replacer Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the word_replacer_ultra() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update arbitrary content on the affected WordPress site.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
charlestsmith Word Replacer Pro 0 – through 1.0

Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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