CVE-2024-2038
Published: 23 May 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-2038 is a high-severity Use of Hard-coded Password (CWE-259) vulnerability in Wordpress (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 29.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-27005
Vulnerability details
The Visual Website Collaboration, Feedback & Project Management – Atarim plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access in all versions up to, and including, 3.22.6. This is due to the use of hardcoded credentials to authenticate all the incoming…
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API requests. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify plugin settings, delete posts, modify post titles, and upload images.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
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.
Changing default authenticators prior to first use directly prevents use of hard-coded passwords.
Shared threat data frequently highlights products or deployments still using hard-coded passwords, enabling remediation that directly blocks credential-based attacks.
Background checks and authorization requirements decrease the probability that a developer will hard-code passwords for later unauthorized access.
Reviews of supplier deliverables reduce the chance that hard-coded passwords are introduced into the system.