CVE-2024-12202
Published: 07 January 2025
Summary
CVE-2024-12202 is a high-severity Missing Authorization (CWE-862) vulnerability in Irontemplates (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked in the top 48.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; 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-2024-12202 is a vulnerability in the Croma Music plugin for WordPress that allows unauthorized modification of data, leading to privilege escalation. The issue stems from a missing capability check on the 'ironMusic_ajax' function in all versions up to and including 3.6. It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) and is associated with CWE-862 (Missing Authorization).
Authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access or higher can exploit this vulnerability remotely with low complexity and no user interaction required. By calling the vulnerable function, they can update arbitrary options on the WordPress site, such as changing the default role for new user registrations to administrator and enabling user registration. This enables attackers to create accounts with full administrative access to the site.
Advisories from Wordfence provide detailed threat intelligence on the vulnerability, while the Croma Music plugin's changelog at the referenced URL outlines version updates that address the issue. Security practitioners should review these resources for specific patch instructions and update to a version beyond 3.6.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-50675
Vulnerability details
The Croma Music plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the 'ironMusic_ajax' function in all versions up to, and including, 3.6. This makes it…
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possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update arbitrary options on the WordPress site. This can be leveraged to update the default role for registration to administrator and enable user registration for attackers to gain administrative user access to a vulnerable site.
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Why these techniques?
Missing authorization on ajax handler enables remote authenticated priv esc to admin via option tampering on public-facing WP site.
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Mitigating Controls
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Enforces approved authorizations for access to system resources, directly addressing the missing capability check that allows unauthorized modification of WordPress options.
Implements least privilege to restrict Subscriber-level users from performing administrative actions like updating site options, mitigating privilege escalation.
Requires timely remediation of flaws such as the missing authorization in the Croma Music plugin, preventing exploitation through patching to versions beyond 3.6.