shafayat-alam Gutenberg Blocks and Page Layouts Plugin up to 1.9.2 on WordPress disable_fe_assets cross-site request forgery

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A vulnerability was found in shafayat-alam Gutenberg Blocks and Page Layouts Plugin up to 1.9.2 on WordPress. It has been declared as problematic. Impacted is the function disable_fe_assets. Such manipulation leads to cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2024-4088. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in shafayat-alam Gutenberg Blocks and Page Layouts Plugin up to 1.9.2 on WordPress. Affected by this issue is the function disable_fe_assets. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

The Gutenberg Blocks and Page Layouts – Attire Blocks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the disable_fe_assets function in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber access or above, to change the plugin's settings. Additionally, no nonce check is performed resulting in a CSRF vulnerability.

The weakness was published by Benedictus Jovan. The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-4088 since 04/23/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• shafayat-alam

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• Gutenberg Blocks and Page Layouts Plugin

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• 1.9.0
• 1.9.1
• 1.9.2

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