CVE-2024-9824

Summary

CVE-2024-9824 identifies a vulnerability in the ImagePress – Image Gallery plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions up to and including 1.2.2. This security flaw arises from a lack of capability checks on the 'ip_delete_post' and 'ip_update_post_title' functions, allowing authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access or higher to delete any posts and modify post titles. The potential impact on organizations includes unauthorized data modification, which could lead to data loss and reputational damage. To remediate this issue, it is recommended that users update the plugin to the latest version where this vulnerability has been addressed. The severity of this vulnerability is rated as medium, with an exploitability score of 2.8 and low integrity impact, but requires minimal privileges for exploitation.

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