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GHSA-JVQ3-2554-R9J9

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-07-27 03:30 – Updated: 2026-04-08 18:33

Details

The Ultimate WordPress Auction Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized email creation and sending due to a missing capability check on the 'send_auction_email_callback' and 'resend_auction_email_callback' functions in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to craft emails that include links and send to any email address.

Severity

5.8 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

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      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3132812/ultimate-auction/trunk/ultimate-auction.php"
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CVE-2024-6591 (GCVE-0-2024-6591)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-07-27 01:51 – Updated: 2026-04-08 16:53

Title

Ultimate WordPress Auction Plugin <= 4.2.7 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Email Creation

Summary

The Ultimate WordPress Auction Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized email creation and sending due to a missing capability check on the 'send_auction_email_callback' and 'resend_auction_email_callback' functions in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.7. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to craft emails that include links and send to any email address.

Severity

5.8 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-07-29 14:31 UTC

CWE

CWE-862 - Missing Authorization

Assigner

Wordfence CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard C 65/100 over 2289 records in the last 180 days details

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3132…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultima…	x_transferred
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultima…	x_transferred

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
nitesh_singh	Ultimate WordPress Auction Plugin	Affected: 0 , ≤ 4.2.7 (semver)
nitesh_singh	ultimate_wordpress_auction_plugin	Affected: 0 , ≤ 4.2.6 (semver) cpe:2.3:a:nitesh_singh:ultimate_wordpress_auction_plugin::::::::

Credits

Lucio Sá

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