CVE-2024-54379
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 blokhauswp Minterpress minterpress allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Minterpress: from n/a through <= 1.0.5.
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 in the Minterpress WordPress plugin allows authenticated users to escalate their privileges beyond what their role should permit. This is a broken access control vulnerability where functions or endpoints lack proper capability checks, enabling lower-privileged users (such as subscribers) to perform administrative actions.
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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
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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 Minterpress plugin is installedNavigate to WordPress admin > Plugins and look for 'Minterpress' by blokhauswp in the installed plugins list. Note whether it is active or inactive.Affected if The plugin is installed and active, exposing the vulnerable code.
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Identify the installed plugin versionIn the Plugins list, click on the plugin name or view the plugin files to locate the version number in the plugin header comment (usually in the main PHP file or readme.txt).Affected if The installed version falls within any vulnerable range (prior to the patched release).
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Check for admin functionality accessible to low-privilege usersReview the plugin code for admin-ajax.php or admin-post.php hooks that handle user role changes, user creation, or capability modifications. Look for missing current_user_can() or capability checks on these handlers.Affected if The plugin exposes admin actions (such as creating users, changing roles, or modifying capabilities) without verifying the user has administrator privileges.
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Audit existing user roles for privilege escalation riskGo to Users > All Users in WordPress admin. Note any users with roles below Administrator (such as Editor, Author, Contributor, or Subscriber) who could potentially trigger the vulnerable functionality.Affected if There are non-administrator user accounts present that could exploit the missing authorization to elevate their own privileges.
You are affected if the Minterpress plugin is active, running a version prior to the patched release, and your site has user accounts with roles below Administrator who could access the unprotected admin actions.
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 Minterpress to the latest version which should include proper capability checks on all sensitive functions; if no patch exists, audit the plugin code for functions performing privileged operations and add current_user_can() verification before execution.
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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-2024-54379 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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