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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in GamiPress Plugin up to 6.8.8 on WordPress. Affected is an unknown function of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-2505. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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A vulnerability was found in GamiPress Plugin up to 6.8.8 on WordPress. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The GamiPress WordPress plugin before 6.8.9's access control mechanism fails to properly restrict access to its settings, permitting Authors to manipulate requests and extend access to lower privileged users, like Subscribers, despite initial settings prohibiting such access. This vulnerability resembles broken access control, enabling unauthorized users to modify critical GamiPress WordPress plugin before 6.8.9 configurations.

The advisory is shared at wpscan.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-2505 since 03/15/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 6.8.9 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• GamiPress Plugin

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• 6.8.0
• 6.8.1
• 6.8.2
• 6.8.3
• 6.8.4
• 6.8.5
• 6.8.6
• 6.8.7
• 6.8.8

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