CVE-2024-6500
Published: 17 August 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-6500 is a critical-severity Missing Authorization (CWE-862) vulnerability in Wordpress (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 10.0 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 11.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
The InPost for WooCommerce plugin (all versions through 1.4.0) and the InPost PL plugin (all versions through 1.4.4) for WordPress contain a missing capability check in the parse_request function. This flaw permits unauthenticated actors to invoke file operations without authorization, affecting both plugins on Windows and Linux hosts.
Unauthenticated attackers can therefore read arbitrary files on any platform and delete files outside the WordPress directory on Windows servers; on Linux the deletion is limited to files inside the WordPress installation while reads remain unrestricted. The vulnerability carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 10.0 and is tracked under CWE-862.
Public references include the vulnerable code paths in the plugin repositories and a WordPress plugin changeset that updates the affected EasyPack_Helper and class-helper files, indicating that maintainers have released corrected versions.
EPSS for the CVE rose from lower values to a recorded peak of 0.0683 before receding to the current 0.0400, showing a temporary increase in predicted exploitation interest after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-47585
Vulnerability details
The InPost for WooCommerce plugin and InPost PL plugin for WordPress are vulnerable to unauthorized access and deletion of data due to a missing capability check on the 'parse_request' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.0 (for InPost…
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for WooCommerce) as well as 1.4.4 (for InPost PL). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read and delete arbitrary files on Windows servers. On Linux servers, only files within the WordPress install will be deleted, but all files can be read.
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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.