creativeon WHMCS Client Area Plugin up to 4.3-revision-3 on WordPress Setting /admin/ajax.php update_settings authorization

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A vulnerability was found in creativeon WHMCS Client Area Plugin up to 4.3-revision-3 on WordPress. It has been classified as critical. Affected is the function update_settings of the file /admin/ajax.php of the component Setting Handler. This manipulation causes authorization. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-9195. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability has been found in creativeon WHMCS Client Area Plugin up to 4.3-revision-3 on WordPress and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function update_settings of the file /admin/ajax.php of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-862. The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The WHMPress - WHMCS Client Area plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the update_settings case in the /admin/ajax.php file in all versions up to, and including, 4.3-revision-3. 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 disclosed by Tonn. It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-9195 since 09/25/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. 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 02/28/2025).

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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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• creativeon

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• WHMCS Client Area Plugin

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• 4.3-revision-3

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