FKIE_CVE-2024-43968

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-11-01 15:15 - Updated: 2025-11-13 17:17
Severity ?
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Broken Access Control vulnerability in Automattic Newspack allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Newspack: from n/a through 3.8.6.
References
audit@patchstack.comhttps://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/newspack-plugin/wordpress-newspack-plugin-3-8-7-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cveThird Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
automattic newspack *
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    },
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      "value": " La vulnerabilidad de control de acceso roto en Automattic Newspack permite explotar niveles de seguridad de control de acceso configurados incorrectamente. Este problema afecta a Newspack: desde n/a hasta 3.8.6."
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  "lastModified": "2025-11-13T17:17:33.880",
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