Vulnerability · Published May 30, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-3277Yumpu ePaper publishing <= 2.0.24 - Missing Authorization to PDF Upload, Publishing, and API Key Modification
Medium 5.0
In plain English
A medium-severity missing authorization in Yumpu E-Paper publishing from yumpu. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 25% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Yumpu ePaper publishing plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the ajax_handler function in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.24. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to upload PDF files and publish them, as well as modify the API key.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| yumpu | Yumpu E-Paper publishing | 0 – through 2.0.24 |
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ed507ac7-6732-4315-99dd-0a8636cc9cc3?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3108030%40yumpu-epaper-publishing&new=3108030%40yumpu-epaper-publishing&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/yumpu-epaper-publishing/trunk/yumpu.php#L259 x_transferred