CVE-2024-47308
Published: 01 November 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-47308 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization (CWE-862) vulnerability in Templately Templately. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 2.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2024-47308 is a missing authorization vulnerability, tracked as CWE-862, that affects the Templately plugin for WordPress developed by WPDeveloper. The flaw impacts all versions through 3.1.2 and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 6.5, reflecting network-accessible exploitation with low attack complexity and no required privileges or user interaction.
An unauthenticated attacker can send crafted requests to the plugin to bypass authorization checks, resulting in limited integrity and availability impacts such as unauthorized modifications to templating data or service disruption, while confidentiality remains unaffected.
The Patchstack advisory identifies the issue as a broken access control vulnerability in the listed versions and points to remediation through an update that addresses the authorization gap. The EPSS score rose from a low baseline to a peak of 0.5215 on 2025-12-11 before receding to the current value of 0.3530, indicating a clear post-disclosure increase in exploitation interest.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-42344
Vulnerability details
Missing Authorization vulnerability in WPDeveloper Templately templately.This issue affects Templately: from n/a through <= 3.1.2.
- 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.