nouthemes Leopard Plugin up to 3.1.1 on WordPress import_settings authorization

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A vulnerability has been found in nouthemes Leopard Plugin up to 3.1.1 on WordPress and classified as problematic. Impacted is the function import_settings. Performing a manipulation results in authorization. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2024-10589. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in nouthemes Leopard Plugin up to 3.1.1 on WordPress. This affects the function import_settings. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-862. The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Leopard - WordPress Offload Media plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the import_settings() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-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 weakness was shared by Tonn. The advisory is shared at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-10589 since 10/31/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/09/2024).

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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• nouthemes

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• Leopard Plugin

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• 3.1.0
• 3.1.1

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