CVE-2024-31244 – CVE-2024-31244 is a Missing Authorization vulne... (How to Fix)

Q: What is the severity of CVE-2024-31244?

CVE-2024-31244 has a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL). CVE-2024-31244 is a Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Bricksforge WordPress plugin that allows unauthenticated attackers to change arbitrary WordPress settings. This affects all Bricksforge plugin versions up to 2.0.17. Attackers can modify critical WordPress configuration without any authentication.

📋 TL;DR

CVE-2024-31244 is a Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Bricksforge WordPress plugin that allows unauthenticated attackers to change arbitrary WordPress settings. This affects all Bricksforge plugin versions up to 2.0.17. Attackers can modify critical WordPress configuration without any authentication.

💻 Affected Systems

Products:

WordPress Bricksforge Plugin

Versions: All versions up to and including 2.0.17

Operating Systems: Any OS running WordPress

Default Config Vulnerable: ⚠️ Yes

Notes: Affects all WordPress installations with vulnerable Bricksforge plugin versions installed and activated.

📦 What is this software?

Bricksforge by Bricksforge

View all CVEs affecting Bricksforge →

⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact

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Worst Case

Complete site takeover by modifying WordPress settings to enable administrative access, disable security features, or inject malicious code.

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Likely Case

Unauthorized modification of site settings leading to defacement, SEO spam injection, or redirection to malicious sites.

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If Mitigated

No impact if proper authorization checks are implemented or plugin is updated/disabled.

🌐 Internet-Facing: HIGH - WordPress sites are typically internet-facing and the exploit requires no authentication.

🏢 Internal Only: MEDIUM - Internal WordPress sites could still be compromised if accessible to internal attackers.

🎯 Exploit Status

Public PoC: ⚠️ Yes

Weaponized: LIKELY

Unauthenticated Exploit: ⚠️ Yes

Complexity: LOW

Exploit requires simple HTTP requests to vulnerable endpoints with no authentication needed.

🛠️ Fix & Mitigation

✅ Official Fix

Patch Version: 2.0.18 or later

Vendor Advisory: https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/bricksforge/wordpress-bricksforge-plugin-2-0-17-unauthenticated-arbitrary-wordpress-settings-change-vulnerability

Restart Required: No

Instructions:

1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find Bricksforge plugin. 4. Click 'Update Now' if available. 5. If no update available, download version 2.0.18+ from WordPress repository and manually update.

🔧 Temporary Workarounds

Disable Bricksforge Plugin

all

Temporarily deactivate the vulnerable plugin until patched version is available.

wp plugin deactivate bricksforge

Restrict Access to WordPress Admin

linux

Implement IP whitelisting or firewall rules to restrict access to WordPress admin paths.

# Example: iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -s ! TRUSTED_IP -j DROP

🧯 If You Can't Patch

Disable the Bricksforge plugin immediately via WordPress admin or command line
Implement web application firewall (WAF) rules to block requests to Bricksforge endpoints

🔍 How to Verify

Check if Vulnerable:

Check WordPress plugin version: In WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and verify Bricksforge version is 2.0.17 or earlier.

Check Version:

wp plugin get bricksforge --field=version

Verify Fix Applied:

Confirm Bricksforge plugin version is 2.0.18 or later in WordPress admin plugins page.

📡 Detection & Monitoring

Log Indicators:

Unusual POST requests to /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php with 'action' parameter containing 'bricksforge'
Unauthorized modifications to wp_options table in database logs

Network Indicators:

HTTP requests to WordPress admin endpoints from unauthenticated sources
Unusual traffic patterns to /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php

SIEM Query:

source="web_logs" AND (uri_path="/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" AND query_string="*bricksforge*" AND http_status=200) AND NOT user_agent="*bot*"

📊 Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2024-31244

CVSS v3 Score: 9.8 (CRITICAL)

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE: CWE-862

Published: June 9, 2024

Last Updated: November 21, 2024

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