Classified Listing – Classified ads & Business Directory Plugin <= 3.1.15.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Arbitrary Option Update

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2024-11194
CVSS High (8.8)
Publicly Published November 18, 2024
Last Updated November 19, 2024
Researcher vgo0
Description

The Classified Listing – Classified ads & Business Directory Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to privilege escalation due to a misconfigured check on the 'rtcl_import_settings' function in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.15.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update limited arbitrary options on the WordPress site. This can be leveraged to update the Subscriber role with Administrator-level capabilities to gain administrative user access to a vulnerable site. The vulnerability is limited in that the option updated must have a value that is an array.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug classified-listing (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.1.15.1
Patched Version
  • 3.1.16
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