Starbox – the Author Box for Humans <= 3.4.7 — Insecure Direct Object Reference
CVE-2024-0366Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤3.4.7Update to 3.4.8 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium4.3
- CVSS
- 4.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:LConfidentiality- Low
I:NIntegrity- None
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-284 Improper Access Control
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Starbox – the Author Box for Humans starbox
- Affected≤ 3.4.7
- Patched in3.4.8
Update to 3.4.8 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 3.4.7. Version 3.4.8 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Starbox – the Author Box for Humans.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 3.4.8, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Starbox – the Author Box for Humans to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to catfather.
The Starbox – the Author Box for Humans plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 3.4.7 via the action function due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for subscribers to view plugin preferences and potentially other user settings.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in Starbox – the Author Box for Humans
All 6| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Twitter URL Field ≤3.5.2Update to 3.5.3 | CVE-2024-8239 | |
| Medium4.4 | Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤3.5.1Update to 3.5.2 | CVE-2024-7955 | |
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤3.4.9Update to 3.5.0 | CVE-2024-1273 | |
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Job Settings ≤3.4.8Update to 3.5.0 | CVE-2023-6806 | |
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Profile Display Name and Social Settings ≤3.4.8Update to 3.5.0 | CVE-2024-0256 |
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Twitter URL Field
≤3.5.2Update to 3.5.3
- Medium4.4Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤3.5.1Update to 3.5.2
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤3.4.9Update to 3.5.0
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Job Settings
≤3.4.8Update to 3.5.0
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Profile Display Name and Social Settings
≤3.4.8Update to 3.5.0
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 4.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
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