Bricksbuilder <= 1.9.6.1 — Authenticated (Contributor+) Privilege Escalation via create_autosave
CVE-2024-2297Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤1.9.6.1Update to 1.9.7 or newer
All remediation stepsOn this page3
Overview
- Advisory ID
- CVE-2024-2297
- Product
- Bricks bricks
- Affected
- ≤1.9.6.1
- Fixed in
- 1.9.7
- Weakness
- CWE-269 Privilege Escalation
- Required access
- Low-privilege account (e.g. subscriber)
- Published
- · updated
- Credit
- etragardh
- Source
- Wordfence Intelligence
- Affected≤ 1.9.6.1
- Patched in1.9.7
Update to 1.9.7 or newer.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:HAttack complexity- High
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:RUser interaction- Required
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
The Bricks theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.6.1. This is due to insufficient validation checks placed on the create_autosave AJAX function.
This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to execute arbitrary PHP code with elevated (administrator-level) privileges. NOTE: Successful exploitation requires (1) the Bricks Builder to be enabled for posts (2) Builder access to be enabled for contributor-level users, and (3) "Code Execution" to be enabled for administrator-level users within the theme's settings.
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Remediation & mitigations
- Update to version 1.9.7, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
References & provenance
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
- 6.1CVE-2026-41554Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- 4.3CVE-2026-40723Missing Authorization
- 7.5CVE-2025-6495Unauthenticated SQL Injection via `p` Parameter
- 5.4CVE-2023-3410Authenticated (Bricks Page Builder Access+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- 5.4CVE-2023-3409Cross-Site Request Forgery via reset_settings
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 7.1
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.