CVE-2024-54271
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 Arni Cinco WPCargo Track & Trace wpcargo allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects WPCargo Track & Trace: from n/a through <= 8.0.2.
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 (broken access control) vulnerability in the WPCargo Track & Trace WordPress plugin. The plugin fails to properly enforce authorization checks on certain functions or endpoints, allowing authenticated users to access resources or perform actions beyond their intended privilege level due to incorrectly configured access control security levels.
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
- 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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Confirm WPCargo Track & Trace plugin is installedIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'WPCargo Track & Trace' in the list. Note if it is active or inactive.Affected if The plugin is active and installed on the WordPress site
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Identify the installed plugin versionClick 'View Details' on the WPCargo Track & Trace plugin in the plugins list, or check the plugin's main PHP file header for the 'Version' field. Compare this version number to 8.0.2.Affected if The installed version is lower than 8.0.2 (for example: 8.0.1, 8.0.0, 7.x.x, etc.)
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Audit WordPress user roles and capabilitiesGo to Users > All Users in WordPress admin. Review each user's role (Administrator, Editor, Author, Contributor, Subscriber). Pay particular attention to subscriber-level accounts that may have unexpected administrative capabilities.Affected if Subscriber or other low-privilege users have access to plugin admin functions or capabilities they should not normally have
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Check for unauthorized admin usersReview the list of users with Administrator role. Verify that all administrator accounts were created intentionally by legitimate site administrators. Look for unfamiliar administrator accounts.Affected if There are administrator accounts that were not created by known site administrators, indicating potential privilege escalation
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Inspect plugin capability configurationIf you have database access, query the wp_options table for option_name values containing 'wpcap_' or related capability settings. Alternatively, check if the plugin creates custom roles with elevated permissions.Affected if The plugin has configured custom roles or capabilities that grant excessive permissions to lower-level users
A user is affected if the WPCargo Track & Trace plugin version is below 8.0.2 and low-privilege users (such as subscribers) have access to administrative functions or elevated capabilities they should not possess.
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 WPCargo Track & Trace to the latest version beyond 8.0.2 when available, or implement proper capability checks and authorization validation on all sensitive functions following the principle of least privilege.
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- Review / QA1.0 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-2024-54271 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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