CVEvulnerability
CVE-2024-8667
4.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Deferred
- Published
- 2024-10-24
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-862
Description
The HurryTimer – An Scarcity and Urgency Countdown Timer for WordPress & WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized post publication due to a missing capability check on the activateCampaign() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.10.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to publish arbitrary posts like ones they have submitted for review, or a site administrator has in draft.
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization weakness
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hurrytimer/trunk/includes/Admin.php#L568 plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3173213/hurrytimer/trunk/includes/Admin.php?contextall=1 plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7a8eda88-c45a-4867-b427-d63b586e6de3?source=cve www.wordfence.com