CVE-2024-6591 (GCVE-0-2024-6591)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-07-27 01:51 – Updated: 2026-04-08 16:53
VLAI
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 (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
nitesh_singh Ultimate WordPress Auction Plugin Affected: 0 , ≤ 4.2.7 (semver)
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nitesh_singh ultimate_wordpress_auction_plugin Affected: 0 , ≤ 4.2.6 (semver)
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Credits
Lucio Sá
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