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Whizzy <= 1.1.18 — Authenticated (Subscriber+) Insecure Direct Object Reference

CVE-2024-30543Published · Updated

Action summary

Affected: ≤1.1.18No patch available

What to do until a fix ships
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Severity
Medium5.4
CVSS
5.4
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
What does this vector mean?
AV:N Attack vector
Network
AC:L Attack complexity
Low
PR:L Privileges required
Low
UI:N User interaction
None
S:U Scope
Unchanged
C:L Confidentiality
Low
I:L Integrity
Low
A:N Availability
None
Weakness
CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
Required access
Unknown
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
No score
CISA KEV
Not listed
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Am I affected?

Whizzy whizzy

  1. Affected≤ 1.1.18
  2. PatchedNo fix yet

No patched version available.

You are affected if you run ≤ 1.1.18. No fixed version has been released.

  • Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Whizzy.
  • No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.

What to do

  1. No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
  2. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
  3. Watch Whizzy to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Steven Julian.

The Whizzy plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.18 due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to perform an unauthorized action.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

More in Whizzy

All 2
More vulnerabilities in Whizzy
SeverityVulnerabilityCVEPublished
Medium5.3Missing Authorization
≤1.1.18No patch available
CVE-2024-30544

Timeline

  1. CVE published

    Severity medium, CVSS 5.4

  2. Record last updated

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.

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