Vulnerabilities > CVE-2024-3213 - Missing Authorization vulnerability in Relevanssi
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
LOW Availability impact
HIGH Summary
The Relevanssi – A Better Search plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the relevanssi_update_counts() function in all versions up to, and including, 4.22.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute expensive queries on the application that could lead into DOS.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/relevanssi/trunk/lib/admin-ajax.php#L443
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/relevanssi/trunk/lib/admin-ajax.php#L443
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3064304/relevanssi/tags/4.22.2/lib/admin-ajax.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3064304/relevanssi/tags/4.22.2/lib/admin-ajax.php
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e625130f-8e21-4baf-9d3c-4cbb806b9e52?source=cve
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e625130f-8e21-4baf-9d3c-4cbb806b9e52?source=cve