Subscriber-level option updates via unchecked settings name
Published Jun 9, 2024 · Updated Apr 28, 2026
Missing authorization in 8theme XStore 9.3.8 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to update arbitrary WordPress options via AJAX. The wp_ajax-connected xstore_panel_settings_save function passes the POSTed settings_name to update_option without a capability check, nonce check, or option-name allowlist. Subscriber-level access reaches the handler and permits settings changes, but the disclosed input structure does not fully control option values and did not yield Administrator escalation.
Summary
What happened
Missing authorization in 8theme XStore 9.3.8 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to update arbitrary WordPress options via AJAX. The wp_ajax-connected xstore_panel_settings_save function passes the POSTed settings_name to update_option without a capability check, nonce check, or option-name allowlist. Subscriber-level access reaches the handler and permits settings changes, but the disclosed input structure does not fully control option values and did not yield Administrator escalation.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-33564
- Published
- Jun 9, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 28, 2026
- Vendor
- 8theme
- Product
- XStore
- Classifications
- CWE-862, T1565.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- 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=0 <=9.3.8
- Affected versionversion=n/a <=9.3.8 changes=[{"at":"9.3.9","status":"unaffected"}]
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