CVE-2024-8667

Medium

Description

The HurryTimer – An Scarcity and Urgency Countdown Timer for WordPress & WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized post publication due to a missing capability check on the activateCampaign() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.10.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to publish arbitrary posts like ones they have submitted for review, or a site administrator has in draft.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.3
Exploit probability—
ProductHurryTimer – An Scarcity and Urgency Countdown Timer for WordPress & WooCommerce
PublishedOct 24, 2024
First seenOct 24, 2024

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
nlemsieh HurryTimer – An Scarcity and Urgency Countdown Timer for WordPress & WooCommercev ≤ 2.10.0—

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