Subscriber-level settings changes via unchecked AJAX handler
Published Jun 9, 2024 · Updated Apr 28, 2026
Missing authorization in Announcer 6.0 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to change plugin settings through an AJAX request. The admin_ajax() function accepts operations from subscriber-level callers without checking their capability, then applies requested settings changes. A WordPress account with Subscriber privileges is required; the documented consequence is limited to modifying some plugin settings.
Summary
What happened
Missing authorization in Announcer 6.0 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to change plugin settings through an AJAX request. The admin_ajax() function accepts operations from subscriber-level callers without checking their capability, then applies requested settings changes. A WordPress account with Subscriber privileges is required; the documented consequence is limited to modifying some plugin settings.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-31261
- Published
- Jun 9, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 28, 2026
- Vendor
- Aakash Chakravarthy
- Product
- Announcer
- Classifications
- CWE-862
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Jun 9, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 28, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=n/a <=6.0 changes=[{"at":"6.0.1","status":"unaffected"}]
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