Description

The Bitly's WordPress Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on several AJAX actions in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update and retrieve plugin settings.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-12616

CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS Base Score: 4.3

Affected Products

Vendor: bitlydeveloper

Product: Bitly's WordPress Plugin

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 16.22% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-07 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b1312c34-45c6-41e5-b6fc-a45ac2c8a0ca?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-bitly/trunk/includes/class-wp-bitly-auth.php#L115

Timeline