dasinfomedia WPGYM Plugin up to 67.1.0 on WordPress MJ_gmgt_add_staff_member privileges management

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A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in dasinfomedia WPGYM Plugin up to 67.1.0 on WordPress. This affects the function MJ_gmgt_add_staff_member. Executing a manipulation can lead to privileges management. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2024-9941. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in dasinfomedia WPGYM Plugin up to 67.1.0 on WordPress. This vulnerability affects the function MJ_gmgt_add_staff_member. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The WPGYM - Wordpress Gym Management System plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the MJ_gmgt_add_staff_member() function in all versions up to, and including, 67.1.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to create new user accounts with the administrator role.

The weakness was presented by Tonn. The advisory is available at wordfence.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-9941 since 10/14/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/23/2024). This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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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• dasinfomedia

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• WPGYM Plugin

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• 67.0
• 67.1.0

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