Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-463

Allowed

Deletion of Data Structure Sentinel

Abstraction: Base · Status: Incomplete

The accidental deletion of a data-structure sentinel can cause serious programming logic problems.

4 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.

CVE-2024-13318 (GCVE-0-2024-13318)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-01-10 11:10 – Updated: 2026-04-08 16:58
VLAI
Title
Essential WP Real Estate <= 1.1.3 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Post/Page Deletion
Summary
The Essential WP Real Estate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the cl_delete_listing_func() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary pages and posts.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-463 - Deletion of Data Structure Sentinel
Assigner
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
smartdatasoft Essential WP Real Estate Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.1.3 (semver)
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Credits
Thanh Nam Tran
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GHSA-4557-P767-895M

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-01-10 12:30 – Updated: 2025-01-10 12:30
VLAI
Details

The Essential WP Real Estate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the cl_delete_listing_func() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary pages and posts.

Show details on source website

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GHSA-7GR6-PQW7-P68C

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-05-15 00:30 – Updated: 2024-05-15 00:30
VLAI
Details

There is an arbitrary file deletion vulnerability in the Central Communications service accessed by PAPI (Aruba's access point management protocol). Successful exploitation of this vulnerability results in the ability to delete arbitrary files on the underlying operating system, which could lead to the ability to interrupt normal operation and impact the integrity of the affected Access Point.

Show details on source website

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GHSA-QPJW-29J5-FFFR

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-05-15 00:30 – Updated: 2024-05-15 00:30
VLAI
Details

There is an arbitrary file deletion vulnerability in the CLI service accessed by PAPI (Aruba's Access Point management protocol). Successful exploitation of this vulnerability results in the ability to delete arbitrary files on the underlying operating system, which could lead to the ability to interrupt normal operation and impact the integrity of the affected Access Point

Show details on source website

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Mitigation
Architecture and Design

Use an abstraction library to abstract away risky APIs. Not a complete solution.

Mitigation MIT-10
Build and Compilation

Strategy: Compilation or Build Hardening

  • Run or compile the software using features or extensions that automatically provide a protection mechanism that mitigates or eliminates buffer overflows.
  • For example, certain compilers and extensions provide automatic buffer overflow detection mechanisms that are built into the compiled code. Examples include the Microsoft Visual Studio /GS flag, Fedora/Red Hat FORTIFY_SOURCE GCC flag, StackGuard, and ProPolice.
Mitigation
Operation

Use OS-level preventative functionality. Not a complete solution.

No CAPEC attack patterns related to this CWE.