VDB-269170 · CVE-2024-4565 · GCVE-0-2024-4565

Advanced Custom Fields Plugin up to 6.2 on WordPress Shortcode access control

CVSS Meta Temp Score CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.	Current Exploit Price (≈) Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.	CTI Interest Score Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
6.0	$0-$5k	0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Advanced Custom Fields Plugin and Advanced Custom Fields Pro Plugin up to 6.2 on WordPress. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Shortcode Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to access control. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2024-4565. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Advanced Custom Fields Plugin and Advanced Custom Fields Pro Plugin up to 6.2 on WordPress. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component Shortcode Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

The Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) WordPress plugin before 6.3, Advanced Custom Fields Pro WordPress plugin before 6.3 allows you to display custom field values for any post via shortcode without checking for the correct access

The weakness was published by Scott Kingsley Clark. The advisory is available at wpscan.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-4565 since 05/06/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 6.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

WordPress Plugin

Name

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 6.5
NVD Vector: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 7.5
CNA Vector: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AV	AC	Au	C	I	A
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳

Vector	Complexity	Authentication	Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-Day	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Today	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Advanced Custom Fields Plugin/Advanced Custom Fields Pro Plugin 6.3

Timelineinfo

05/06/2024 🔍
06/20/2024 +45 days 🔍
06/20/2024 +0 days 🔍
07/17/2024 +27 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Researcher: Scott Kingsley Clark
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-4565 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-4565
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-269170

Entryinfo

Created: 06/20/2024 09:35
Updated: 07/17/2024 19:02
Changes: 06/20/2024 09:35 (56), 07/17/2024 19:02 (22)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103