Vayu Blocks – Gutenberg Blocks for WordPress & WooCommerce <= 1.1.1 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Plugin Installation/Activation

Improper Access Control
CVE CVE-2024-10124
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published December 11, 2024
Last Updated December 12, 2024
Researcher stealthcopter
Description

The Vayu Blocks – Gutenberg Blocks for WordPress & WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized arbitrary plugin installation and activation due to a missing capability check on the tp_install() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to install and activate arbitrary plugins which can be leveraged to achieve remote code execution if another vulnerable plugin is installed and activated. This vulnerability was partially patched in version 1.1.1.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug vayu-blocks (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.1.1
Patched Version
  • 1.2.0
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