MakeStories (for Google Web Stories) <= 3.0.3 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Download and Server-Side Request Forgery

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2024-38746
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published July 11, 2024
Last Updated July 16, 2024
Researcher Majed Refaea
Description

The MakeStories (for Google Web Stories) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the ms_image_proxy() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to download arbitrary files and perform server-side request forgeries.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug makestories-helper (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.0.3
Patched Version
  • 3.0.4
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