CVE-2024-10728
PostX <= 4.1.16 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Plugin Installation/Activation
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.8 High
- Published
- Nov 16, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Reserved
- Nov 2, 2024
Description
The Post Grid Gutenberg Blocks and WordPress Blog Plugin – PostX plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized plugin installation/activation due to a missing capability check on the 'install_required_plugin_callback' function in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.16. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to install and activate arbitrary plugins which can be leveraged to achieve remote code execution if another vulnerable plugin is installed and activated.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 8.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Wordfence |
Weaknesses
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Post Grid Gutenberg Blocks for News, Magazines, Blog Websites – PostXwpxpo |
|
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/076f36fb-c2fb-43e0-a027-1351d3995489?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-post/tags/4.1.16/classes/Importer.php#L94
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-post/tags/4.1.16/classes/Initialization.php#L330
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-post/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3188636/ultimate-post/trunk/classes/Importer.php
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