CVE-2024-12202
Published: 07 January 2025
Description
The Croma Music plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the 'ironMusic_ajax' function in all versions up to, and including, 3.6. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update arbitrary options on the WordPress site. This can be leveraged to update the default role for registration to administrator and enable user registration for attackers to gain administrative user access to a vulnerable site.
Security Summary
CVE-2024-12202 is a vulnerability in the Croma Music plugin for WordPress that allows unauthorized modification of data, leading to privilege escalation. The issue stems from a missing capability check on the 'ironMusic_ajax' function in all versions up to and including 3.6. It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) and is associated with CWE-862 (Missing Authorization).
Authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access or higher can exploit this vulnerability remotely with low complexity and no user interaction required. By calling the vulnerable function, they can update arbitrary options on the WordPress site, such as changing the default role for new user registrations to administrator and enabling user registration. This enables attackers to create accounts with full administrative access to the site.
Advisories from Wordfence provide detailed threat intelligence on the vulnerability, while the Croma Music plugin's changelog at the referenced URL outlines version updates that address the issue. Security practitioners should review these resources for specific patch instructions and update to a version beyond 3.6.
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