FundEngine: Privilege escalation or authentication bypass
FundEngine is affected by privilege escalation or authentication bypass. Exploitation requires at least subscriber-level access. A successful request can grant permissions or access that the caller should not possess.
- Component
- FundEngine
- Plugin slug
fundengine- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Aug 01, 2024
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Aug 01, 2024 and is one of 2 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update FundEngine to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The FundEngine plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.0. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying user meta updated through the update_user_meta function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to update their user meta which can be leveraged to update their capabilities to gain administrator access.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H