CVE-2024-11916
Published: 08 January 2025
Summary
CVE-2024-11916 is a high-severity Missing Authorization (CWE-862) vulnerability in Wpextended Wp Extended. Its CVSS base score is 7.4 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 38.8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and AC-6 (Least Privilege).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2024-11916 affects the Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended plugin for WordPress in all versions up to and including 3.0.11. The vulnerability stems from a missing capability check on several functions, enabling unauthorized modification and retrieval of data. It has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.4 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L) and is associated with CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) and CWE-79 (Cross-Site Scripting).
Authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access or higher can exploit this issue over the network with low complexity and no user interaction required. Successful exploitation allows them to import and activate arbitrary code snippets, resulting in unauthorized data modification and retrieval, with potential impacts across confidentiality, integrity, and availability due to the changed scope.
Mitigation details are available in advisories from Wordfence and a corresponding patch in the WordPress plugin repository at the provided trac changeset reference. Security practitioners should update to a patched version beyond 3.0.11 and review access controls for low-privilege users on affected sites.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-34360
Vulnerability details
The The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification and retrieval of data due to a missing capability check on several functions in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.11. This makes it…
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possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to import and activate arbitrary code snippets along with
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Missing authorization check in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables remote exploitation (T1190) by low-privileged users to activate arbitrary code, resulting in privilege escalation (T1068).
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly addresses the missing capability checks by enforcing approved authorizations for logical access to plugin functions, preventing unauthorized import and activation of arbitrary code snippets.
Enforces least privilege to restrict subscriber-level users from performing high-privilege actions like data modification and retrieval via vulnerable plugin functions.
Mitigates the specific authorization flaw by identifying, reporting, and correcting vulnerabilities in plugins like WP Extended through timely flaw remediation and patching.