Post Grid and Gutenberg Blocks 2.2.85 - 2.3.3 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation

Improper Privilege Management
CVE CVE-2024-9636
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published January 14, 2025
Last Updated January 15, 2025
Researcher wesley (wcraft)
Description

The Post Grid and Gutenberg Blocks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions 2.2.85 to 2.3.3. This is due to the plugin not properly restricting what user meta can be updated during profile registration. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register on the site as an administrator.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug post-grid (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • 2.2.85 - 2.3.3
Patched Version
  • 2.3.4
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