Mapster WP Maps Plugin up to 1.5.0 on WordPress Options Update improper authentication

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A vulnerability was found in Mapster WP Maps Plugin up to 1.5.0 on WordPress and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Options Update Handler. The manipulation results in improper authentication. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2024-9235. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Mapster WP Maps Plugin up to 1.5.0 on WordPress. Affected is an unknown code of the component Options Update Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

The Mapster WP Maps plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to privilege escalation due to an insufficient capability check on the mapster_wp_maps_set_option_from_js() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to update arbitrary options on the WordPress site. This can be leveraged to update the default role for registration to administrator and enable user registration for attackers to gain administrative user access to a vulnerable site.

The advisory is available at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-9235 since 09/26/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not 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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• Mapster

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• WP Maps Plugin

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• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5.0

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