Falcon – WordPress Optimizations & Tweaks <= 2.8.3 - Missing Authorization

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2024-54384
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published December 11, 2024
Last Updated December 19, 2024
Researcher Abdi Pranata
Description

The Falcon – WordPress Optimizations & Tweaks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of functionality due to a missing capability check when sending emails in versions up to, and including, 2.8.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to use the email testing function to send emails.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug falcon (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.8.3
Patched Version
  • 2.8.4
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