Vulnerability · Published Oct 10, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence

CVE-2024-9685Notification for Telegram <= 3.3.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Send Telegram Test Message

Medium 4.3

In plain English

A medium-severity missing authorization in Notification for Telegram from rainafarai. 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).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 74.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The Notification for Telegram plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized test message sending due to a missing capability check on the 'nftb_test_action' function in versions up to, and including, 3.3.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to send a test message via the Telegram Bot API to all users configured in the settings.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
rainafarai Notification for Telegram 0 – through 3.3.1

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

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