QQWorld Auto Save Images <= 1.9.8 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Post Content Retrieval

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2024-1324
CVSS Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published May 31, 2024
Last Updated June 1, 2024
Researcher Francesco Carlucci
Description

The QQWorld Auto Save Images plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the save_remote_images_get_auto_saved_results() function hooked via a norpriv AJAX in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.8. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to retrieve the contents of arbitrary posts that may not be public.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug qqworld-auto-save-images (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 1.9.8
Patched Version
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