Gtbabel Plugin up to 6.6.8 on WordPress URL privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Gtbabel Plugin up to 6.6.8 on WordPress. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component URL Handler. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2024-11638. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Gtbabel Plugin up to 6.6.8 on WordPress. This affects an unknown function of the component URL 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. The summary by CVE is:

The Gtbabel WordPress plugin before 6.6.9 does not ensure that the URL to perform code analysis upon belongs to the blog which could allow unauthenticated attackers to retrieve a logged in user (such as admin) cookies by making them open a crafted URL as the request made to analysed the URL contains such cookies.

The weakness was released by Hassan Khan Yusufzai. The advisory is shared at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-11638 since 11/22/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 6.6.9 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Gtbabel Plugin 6.6.9

Timelineinfo

11/22/2024 🔍
03/10/2025 +108 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Researcher: Hassan Khan Yusufzai
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-11638 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-11638
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-299061

Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2025 07:21
Changes: 03/10/2025 07:21 (57)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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