CVE-2024-43998
Published: 01 November 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-43998 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization (CWE-862) vulnerability in Websiteinwp Blogpoet. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 3.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2024-43998 is a missing authorization vulnerability, tracked as CWE-862, that affects the Blogpoet WordPress theme by WebsiteinWP. The flaw exists in all versions through 1.0.3 and permits access to functionality that is not properly constrained by access-control lists, resulting in a CVSS 3.1 score of 6.5.
An unauthenticated attacker can exploit the issue remotely with low attack complexity to modify or disrupt certain theme-controlled resources, producing limited integrity and availability impacts without affecting confidentiality.
The single referenced advisory from Patchstack classifies the issue as broken access control and documents the affected theme versions, indicating that remediation is available through an updated release that restores proper authorization checks. The associated EPSS score has remained steady at 0.2596 with no material post-disclosure increase.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-40647
Vulnerability details
Missing Authorization vulnerability in WebsiteinWP Blogpoet allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs.This issue affects Blogpoet: from n/a through 1.0.3.
- 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.
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.