DeluxeThemes Media Manager for UserPro Plugin up to 3.11.0 on WordPress add_capto_img authorization

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A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in DeluxeThemes Media Manager for UserPro Plugin up to 3.11.0 on WordPress. Affected by this vulnerability is the function add_capto_img. The manipulation results in authorization. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2024-12822. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in DeluxeThemes Media Manager for UserPro Plugin up to 3.11.0 on WordPress. Affected is the function add_capto_img. 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. CVE summarizes:

The Media Manager for UserPro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the add_capto_img() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.11.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers 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 released by Lucio Sá. The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-12822 since 12/19/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. 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 03/01/2025).

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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• DeluxeThemes

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• Media Manager for UserPro Plugin

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• 3.0
• 3.1
• 3.2
• 3.3
• 3.4
• 3.5
• 3.6
• 3.7
• 3.8
• 3.9
• 3.10
• 3.11.0

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