Bricks Builder Bricks Plugin up to 1.9.6.1 on WordPress Setting create_autosave privileges management

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Bricks Builder Bricks Plugin up to 1.9.6.1 on WordPress. This affects the function create_autosave of the component Setting Handler. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2024-2297. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Bricks Builder Bricks Plugin up to 1.9.6.1 on WordPress. This affects the function create_autosave of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Bricks theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.6.1. This is due to insufficient validation checks placed on the create_autosave AJAX function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to execute arbitrary PHP code with elevated (administrator-level) privileges. NOTE: Successful exploitation requires (1) the Bricks Builder to be enabled for posts (2) Builder access to be enabled for contributor-level users, and (3) "Code Execution" to be enabled for administrator-level users within the theme's settings.

The weakness was released by Emil Trägårdh. It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-2297 since 03/07/2024. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploitation needs additional levels of successful authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/27/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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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• Bricks Builder

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• Bricks Plugin

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• 1.9.6.0
• 1.9.6.1

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