Boom Fest <= 2.2.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Plugin Settings Update

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2024-13449
CVSS Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published January 24, 2025
Last Updated January 25, 2025
Researcher SOPROBRO
Description

The Boom Fest plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'bf_admin_action' function in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update plugin settings that change the appearance of the website.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug boom-fest (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.2.1
Patched Version
  • 2.2.2
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