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Missing AuthorizationWeakness · CWE-862

CVE-2024-2109

MEDIUM · 5.3 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-05-02
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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62/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
The Booster Extension plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.0 via the 'booster_extension_authorbox_shortcode_display' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including user emails

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · high confidence

The Booster Extension plugin for WordPress exposes user email addresses through the 'booster_extension_authorbox_shortcode_display' function without requiring authentication. Unauthenticated attackers can extract sensitive user data by accessing the authorbox shortcode.

MitigationUpdate the Booster Extension plugin to a version higher than 1.2.0 to receive the patched code that properly restricts access to sensitive user data.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

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

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

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  1. Verify Booster Extension plugin is installed
    Log in to WordPress admin panel, navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins, and look for 'Booster Extension' in the list of active plugins
    Affected if The Booster Extension plugin appears in the installed plugins list and is activated
  2. Check installed plugin version
    In WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins, find Booster Extension, and note the version number displayed below the plugin name
    Affected if The installed version is 1.2.0 or lower (versions 1.2.0 and below are affected; versions higher than 1.2.0 are patched)
  3. Confirm authorbox shortcode is accessible
    Visit a page on the WordPress site that renders the authorbox shortcode (commonly [booster_extension_authorbox] or similar) as an unauthenticated visitor
    Affected if The page loads and displays author information including email addresses without requiring login credentials

A user is affected if the Booster Extension plugin is installed with version 1.2.0 or lower AND the authorbox shortcode is accessible to unauthenticated visitors, allowing exposure of user email addresses.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Update the Booster Extension plugin to a version higher than 1.2.0 to receive the patched code that properly restricts access to sensitive user data.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation2.0 h
  • Implementation1.0 h
  • Testing2.0 h
  • Review / QA1.0 h
6.0 hours of engineering $1,060
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