CVE-2024-33587
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 Copy Content Protection Team Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking.This issue affects Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking: from n/a through 3.9.0.
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 confidenceThis is a missing authorization vulnerability in the Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking WordPress plugin. The plugin fails to properly verify user permissions before allowing access to certain functionality, potentially allowing unauthenticated or lower-privileged users to access features that should be restricted to administrators or authorized users.
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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
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/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 checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify plugin is installedCheck the WordPress plugins directory for the 'secure-copy-content-protection' or 'sccp' folder, or view the installed plugins list in wp-admin under Plugins.Affected if The plugin 'Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking' is present in the installation.
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Check installed plugin versionOpen the main plugin file (usually secure-copy-content-protection.php) in wp-content/plugins/ and look for the Version header comment, or check in wp-admin under Plugins > Installed Plugins.Affected if The installed version is 3.9.0 or lower.
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Identify exposed admin functionsReview the plugin source code for AJAX handlers (wp_ajax_*) and REST API routes that lack capability checks. Search for 'add_action' calls to wp_ajax or wp_ajax_nopriv and verify if current_user_can() or similar authorization checks are present before executing sensitive operations.Affected if AJAX or API endpoints exist that process requests without verifying user capabilities.
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Test unauthorized access to protected featuresAttempt to access plugin admin pages or trigger plugin functions while logged out or as a low-privilege user (subscriber). Check if actions like unlocking content, exporting data, or modifying settings succeed without proper authorization.Affected if Actions complete successfully without authentication or without sufficient user privileges.
The environment is affected if the Secure Copy Content Protection plugin is installed with version 3.9.0 or lower and authorization checks are missing or insufficient on its functionality endpoints.
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 the plugin to the latest version beyond 3.9.0 if a patched version is available. If no patch exists, disable the plugin or implement web server-level access controls to restrict access to sensitive functionality.
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