CVE-2024-31366
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 · uneditedMissing Authorization vulnerability in Themify Post Type Builder (PTB).This issue affects Post Type Builder (PTB): from n/a through 2.0.8.
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 · moderate confidenceMissing Authorization vulnerability in Themify Post Type Builder (PTB) WordPress plugin allows authenticated users to perform actions without proper capability checks. The plugin fails to verify user permissions before executing certain sensitive functions, potentially allowing lower-privileged users to access or modify data they should not have access to.
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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
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
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 checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify PTB plugin installationCheck WordPress plugins directory (wp-content/plugins) for 'ptb' folder, or view installed plugins in WordPress admin under Plugins > Installed PluginsAffected if Themify Post Type Builder plugin is installed and active
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Identify PTB versionOpen the main plugin file (typically ptb/index.php or ptb.php) and locate the 'Version' header in the plugin comment block, or check the plugin's settings page for version infoAffected if Version cannot be confirmed as current, or version is older than the patched release
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Confirm multi-user environmentNavigate to WordPress admin > Users > All Users and review registered user accounts and their assigned rolesAffected if Site has user roles other than Administrator (such as Editor, Author, Contributor, or Subscriber) who have access to the PTB plugin's public-facing features
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Check PTB public-facing functionalityVisit site pages that utilize PTB shortcodes or templates, or check PTB plugin settings for any public query builders or front-end formsAffected if PTB is configured to display or manage content publicly, and lower-privileged authenticated users can access those pages
A site is affected if Themify Post Type Builder plugin is installed with any authenticated user roles present and the plugin exposes functionality accessible to non-administrators.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
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 dataUpdate Themify Post Type Builder to the latest version which includes proper authorization checks. Until then, restrict user roles and capabilities to only trusted administrators and editors.
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- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-31366 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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