Subscriber-level unauthorized actions via unchecked AJAX handlers
Published Apr 29, 2024 · Updated Apr 28, 2026
Missing authorization in codeSavory BasePress Docs 2.16.1 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to perform unauthorized actions. Several AJAX action handlers process subscriber requests without checking the caller's required WordPress capability. Subscriber-level access is required; public sources do not identify the handlers or the specific state-changing actions they expose.
Summary
What happened
Missing authorization in codeSavory BasePress Docs 2.16.1 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to perform unauthorized actions. Several AJAX action handlers process subscriber requests without checking the caller's required WordPress capability. Subscriber-level access is required; public sources do not identify the handlers or the specific state-changing actions they expose.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-33588
- Published
- Apr 29, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 28, 2026
- Vendor
- codeSavory
- Product
- BasePress Docs
- Classifications
- CWE-862
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Apr 29, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 28, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=n/a <=2.16.1 changes=[{"at":"2.16.2.1","status":"unaffected"}]
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