CVE-2024-13801: BWL Advanced FAQ Manager <= 2.1.4 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Arbitrary Options Update
Description
The BWL Advanced FAQ Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to a denial of service due to a missing capability check on the 'baf_set_notice_status' AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update option values to '1' on the WordPress site. This can be leveraged to update an option that would create an error on the site and deny service to legitimate users or be used to set some values to true such as registration.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2024-13801
CVSS Base Severity: HIGH
CVSS Base Score: 8.1
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Problem Types
CWE-862 Missing AuthorizationAffected Products
Vendor: xenioushk
Product: BWL Advanced FAQ Manager
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.03% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 8.94% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-04-21 (when was this score calculated)
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13801https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b3a84201-6cd8-4528-ae7a-7fd813c8da18?source=cve
https://codecanyon.net/item/bwl-advanced-faq-manager/5007135