Missing authorization in wpxpo Post Grid Gutenberg Blocks for News, Magazines, Blog…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The Post Grid Gutenberg Blocks and WordPress Blog Plugin – PostX plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'postx_presets_callback' function in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to change arbitrary options on affected sites. This can be used to enable new user registration and set the default role for new users to Administrator.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-5326
References
Other 4
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/07a3db33-3787-4b63-835d-8e3026206842?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-post/trunk/classes/Styles.php#L160
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-post/trunk/classes/Styles.php#L177
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3093815/
More wpxpo vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-09942 PostX <= 4.1.16 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Plugin Installation/Activation CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-04008 PostX < 4.1.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.8
- TI-2023-03707 PostX - Gutenberg Post Grid Blocks < 3.0.6 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2024-20266 WordPress WholesaleX plugin <= 1.3.2 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-19970 WordPress WholesaleX plugin <= 1.3.2 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2024-15553 WordPress ProductX – Gutenberg WooCommerce Blocks Plugin <= 3.1.4 is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
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