Unauthorized Access Flaw in WordLift Schema Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2024-12176

5.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
Wordlift – Ai Powered Seo – Schema
Vendor
CVE Published:
7 January 2025

What is CVE-2024-12176?

The WordLift plugin, designed to enhance SEO through AI-driven schema features on WordPress, has a security flaw that allows unauthorized users to gain access to sensitive settings. This vulnerability is due to inadequate capability checks on the 'wl_config_plugin' AJAX action. As a result, unauthenticated attackers can manipulate the plugin's configuration, posing risks to website integrity and security. Users should update to the latest version to safeguard against potential exploitation.

Affected Version(s)

WordLift – AI powered SEO – Schema * <= 3.54.0

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordlift/

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Tieu Pham Trong Nhan
.