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Missing AuthorizationWeakness · CWE-862

CVE-2024-37220

MEDIUM · 5.3 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-11-01
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
Missing Authorization vulnerability in OptinlyHQ Optinly allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Optinly: from n/a through 1.0.18.

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 confidence

This is a missing authorization vulnerability in Optinly plugin versions up to 1.0.18. The application fails to properly enforce authorization checks, allowing attackers to exploit incorrectly configured access control security levels to perform actions or access resources they should not be permitted to access.

MitigationImplement proper authorization checks on all sensitive operations and enforce role-based access control (RBAC) consistent with the principle of least privilege.

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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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify Optinly plugin installation
    Check your WordPress plugins directory or admin panel to confirm the Optinly plugin is installed and active
    Affected if Optinly plugin is present and active in the WordPress environment
  2. Determine installed Optinly version
    Locate the plugin version from the WordPress admin plugin page, or check the main plugin file (typically in wp-content/plugins/optinly/) for the version header comment
    Affected if The installed version is 1.0.18 or any earlier version
  3. Verify sensitive operations are accessible
    Inspect the plugin source code for AJAX handlers, admin pages, or API endpoints that perform sensitive actions (such as modifying settings, managing users, or accessing data)
    Affected if Any sensitive plugin functions are accessible without proper capability checks or nonce verification
  4. Check role-based access control configuration
    Review the plugin settings or code to identify what user roles (subscriber, contributor, author, editor, administrator) can access plugin features
    Affected if Lower-privileged users (such as subscribers or contributors) can access or modify plugin settings or data that should be restricted to administrators

You are affected if the Optinly plugin version is 1.0.18 or earlier and sensitive plugin operations lack proper authorization checks accessible to unauthorized users.

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

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

Implement proper authorization checks on all sensitive operations and enforce role-based access control (RBAC) consistent with the principle of least privilege.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation4.0 h
  • Implementation12.0 h
  • Testing6.0 h
  • Review / QA3.0 h
25.0 hours of engineering $4,400
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