CVE-2024-49686
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 fatcatapps Landing Page Cat landing-page-cat.This issue affects Landing Page Cat: from n/a through <= 1.7.4.
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 fatcatapps Landing Page Cat WordPress plugin allows authenticated users (with subscriber-level access or higher) to perform actions that should require higher privileges. The plugin fails to properly verify user capabilities before executing certain functions, potentially allowing unauthorized access to administrative features or data.
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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
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/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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Locate the Landing Page Cat plugin installationCheck the wp-content/plugins/ directory for a folder named 'landing-page-cat', 'landing-page-cat-wordpress', or similar fatcatapps plugin directories. Also check the WordPress admin plugin list.Affected if The plugin folder exists in the plugins directory, indicating the plugin is installed
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Identify the installed plugin versionOpen the main plugin PHP file (usually plugin-name.php in the plugin folder) and locate the 'Version' header in the plugin comment block at the top of the file.Affected if The version displayed does not match the latest patched version, or cannot be determined to include the authorization fix
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Check user role configurationIn WordPress admin, go to Users > Users List and verify if any users have the 'Subscriber' role assigned. Also check if any low-privileged custom roles exist that may have been granted access.Affected if There are users with Subscriber-level access or any custom role that should not have administrative capabilities
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Verify capability enforcement on plugin actionsAs a test, attempt to access plugin functions or admin pages that should require administrator privileges while logged in as a subscriber-level user. Check if the plugin properly blocks unauthorized actions.Affected if The plugin allows subscriber-level users to access or execute functions that should be restricted to administrators
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Inspect plugin code for capability checksExamine the main plugin PHP files for the presence of current_user_can() calls before sensitive operations, and verify that nonce verification exists for form submissions and AJAX actions.Affected if The plugin code lacks proper current_user_can() checks or nonce verification before performing privileged operations
A user is affected if the Landing Page Cat plugin is installed, the installed version predates the patched version with authorization fixes, and subscriber-level or lower-privileged users can access administrative features.
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 to the latest version of Landing Page Cat which includes proper authorization checks. If no update is available, manually add current_user_can() capability checks and nonce verification to all functions that perform privileged operations.
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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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