CVE-2024-37481
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 RadiusTheme The Post Grid the-post-grid.This issue affects The Post Grid: from n/a through <= 7.7.4.
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 The Post Grid WordPress plugin allows unauthenticated or lower-privileged users to access administrative functionality that should require higher privileges, due to missing capability checks in certain AJAX actions or front-end endpoints.
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
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/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 Post Grid plugin is installedCheck wp-content/plugins/post-grid/header.php for the plugin version comment, or view installed plugins in WordPress admin under Plugins > Installed PluginsAffected if Post Grid plugin is present in the WordPress installation
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Determine installed version numberRead the Version: X.X.X from the plugin header in post-grid/post-grid.php or from the WordPress plugins admin pageAffected if Version is lower than the patched version that adds proper capability checks
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Confirm plugin is activeCheck WordPress admin under Plugins > Installed Plugins - the plugin status column shows 'Active'Affected if Plugin is active and exposed to the vulnerability
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Test AJAX action accessibilitySend a direct POST request to /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php with a known admin-only action from the plugin (e.g., any action that should require manage_options capability) without authentication or as a subscriber-level userAffected if The request succeeds and returns expected data without requiring proper capability verification
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Inspect plugin AJAX handlers for capability checksExamine the plugin PHP files in post-grid/ folder for 'add_action' calls registering AJAX actions, then verify each handler contains 'current_user_can()' or 'wp_verify_nonce' before executing sensitive operationsAffected if AJAX actions lack proper capability verification checks before performing administrative operations
User is affected if Post Grid plugin is installed, active, and running a version that lacks proper capability checks on sensitive AJAX endpoints, allowing unauthorized access to administrative functions.
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 Post Grid plugin to the latest patched version that implements proper WordPress capability checks (e.g., current_user_can()) on sensitive operations.
- Consultation3.0 h
- Implementation6.0 h
- Testing4.0 h
- 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-2024-37481 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.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- 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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