CodeRevolution Echo RSS Feed Post Generator Plugin up to 5.4.6 on WordPress echo_check_post_header_sent privileges management

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A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in CodeRevolution Echo RSS Feed Post Generator Plugin up to 5.4.6 on WordPress. Affected is the function echo_check_post_header_sent. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2024-9265. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in CodeRevolution Echo RSS Feed Post Generator Plugin up to 5.4.6 on WordPress. Affected by this issue is the function echo_check_post_header_sent. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Echo RSS Feed Post Generator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 5.4.6. This is due to the plugin not properly restricting the roles that can set during registration through the echo_check_post_header_sent() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register as an administrator.

The weakness was presented by Tonn. The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-9265 since 09/26/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 10/02/2024). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

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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• CodeRevolution

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• Echo RSS Feed Post Generator Plugin

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• 5.4.0
• 5.4.1
• 5.4.2
• 5.4.3
• 5.4.4
• 5.4.5
• 5.4.6

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