CVE-2024-43968

WordPress Newspack plugin < 3.8.7 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

State: Published
Severity: 4.3 Medium
Published: Nov 1, 2024
Updated: Apr 28, 2026
Reserved: Aug 18, 2024

Description

Broken Access Control vulnerability in Automattic Newspack allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Newspack: from n/a through 3.8.6.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	4.3 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N	Patchstack

Weaknesses

CWE-862 Missing Authorization

Affected Products

Product	Versions
NewspackAutomattic	3.8.6 and earlierAffectedfrom 3.8.7Not affected

References

https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/newspack-plugin/wordpress-newspack-plugin-3-8-7-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cvevdb-entry

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