HurryTimer – An Scarcity and Urgency Countdown Timer for WordPress & WooCommerce: A security weakness
HurryTimer – An Scarcity and Urgency Countdown Timer for WordPress & WooCommerce is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires at least contributor-level access. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- HurryTimer – An Scarcity and Urgency Countdown Timer for WordPress & WooCommerce
- Plugin slug
hurrytimer- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Oct 24, 2024
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Oct 24, 2024 and is one of 5 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update HurryTimer – An Scarcity and Urgency Countdown Timer for WordPress & WooCommerce 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 HurryTimer – An Scarcity and Urgency Countdown Timer for WordPress & WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized post publication due to a missing capability check on the activateCampaign() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.10.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to publish arbitrary posts like ones they have submitted for review, or a site administrator has in draft.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N