CVE-2024-11709
Published: 12 December 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-11709 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization (CWE-862) vulnerability in Wordpress (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 4.3 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Data Destruction (T1485); ranked at the 44.8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
This vulnerability is AI-related — categorised as Enterprise AI Assistants; in the Other ATLAS/OWASP Terms risk domain.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-34162
Vulnerability details
The AI Post Generator | AutoWriter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the ai_post_generator_delete_Post AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 3.5. This makes it possible for…
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authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to delete arbitrary pages and posts.
- CWE(s)
AI Security AnalysisAI
- AI Category
- Enterprise AI Assistants
- Risk Domain
- Other ATLAS/OWASP Terms
- OWASP Top 10 for LLMs 2025
- None mapped
- Classification Reason
- The vulnerability affects the 'AI Post Generator | AutoWriter' WordPress plugin, which is an AI-powered tool for automated content generation, fitting the Enterprise AI Assistants category as it integrates AI assistance into content management workflows.
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
The vulnerability allows authenticated low-privilege users (Contributor+) to delete arbitrary pages and posts without authorization, enabling data destruction by removing critical site content.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Requiring an access control policy ensures authorization checks are defined and applied for critical functions.
Reviews of access controls detect missing authorization checks on critical functions or resources.
Documenting permitted unauthenticated actions prevents missing authorization by making all exceptions explicit and subject to organizational review.
Requiring attribute association with information prevents authorization from being performed without necessary security or privacy context.
Mandating authorization prior to allowing remote connections addresses missing authorization for remote access.
Mandating authorization before wireless connections are allowed prevents missing authorization for wireless access.
The control requires authorization before allowing mobile device connections, directly mitigating missing authorization for system access.
Requiring approvals for account creation and specifying authorizations ensures authorization is not missing for system access.