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GHSA-GX29-8G9G-89W4

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-05-02 18:30 – Updated: 2024-05-02 18:30

Details

The Frontend Admin by DynamiApps plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to improper missing encryption exception handling on the 'fea_encrypt' function in all versions up to, and including, 3.19.4. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to manipulate the user processing forms, which can be used to add and edit administrator user for privilege escalation, or to automatically log in users for authentication bypass, or manipulate the post processing form that can be used to inject arbitrary web scripts. This can only be exploited if the 'openssl' php extension is not loaded on the server.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2024-3729 (GCVE-0-2024-3729)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-05-02 16:52 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:12

Title

Frontend Admin by DynamiApps <= 3.19.4 - Improper Missing Encryption Exception Handling to Form Manipulation

Summary

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-05-02 18:06 UTC

CWE

CWE-636 - Not Failing Securely ('Failing Open')

Assigner

Wordfence mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/acf-fr…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3073…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
shabti	Frontend Admin by DynamiApps	Affected: 0 , ≤ 3.19.4 (semver)
wordpress	frontend_admin_by_dynamiapps	Affected: - , ≤ 3.19.4 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:frontend_admin_by_dynamiapps:-:::::::*

Credits

István Márton

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