CVE-2024-34824
📋 TL;DR
This CVE describes a Missing Authorization vulnerability in the SportsPress WordPress plugin that allows unauthorized users to perform actions they shouldn't have access to. It affects all WordPress sites using SportsPress plugin versions up to 2.7.20. The vulnerability enables broken access control where users can bypass intended authorization checks.
💻 Affected Systems
- SportsPress - Sports Club & League Manager WordPress Plugin
📦 What is this software?
Sportspress by Themeboy
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Unauthorized users could modify sports data, team information, league standings, or potentially gain administrative privileges within the SportsPress functionality, leading to data manipulation or site compromise.
Likely Case
Low-privileged users or attackers could access or modify sports-related content they shouldn't have permission to view or edit, potentially altering game results, player statistics, or team information.
If Mitigated
With proper WordPress user role management and network segmentation, impact would be limited to unauthorized access within the SportsPress module only.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires some level of user access to WordPress, but specific authorization bypass techniques are not publicly documented.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 2.7.21 or later
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find SportsPress plugin. 4. Click 'Update Now' if available. 5. Alternatively, download latest version from WordPress.org and manually update.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable SportsPress Plugin
allTemporarily deactivate the vulnerable plugin until patched
wp plugin deactivate sportspress
Restrict User Access
allTighten WordPress user role permissions and implement principle of least privilege
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement web application firewall (WAF) rules to detect and block unauthorized access attempts to SportsPress endpoints
- Enable detailed logging and monitoring for SportsPress-related activities and set up alerts for suspicious access patterns
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel > Plugins > Installed Plugins, find SportsPress and check version numberCheck Version:
wp plugin get sportspress --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify SportsPress plugin version is 2.7.21 or higher in WordPress admin panel📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unauthorized access attempts to SportsPress admin endpoints
- Unexpected modifications to sports data by non-admin users
- 403 errors followed by successful 200 responses to restricted endpoints
Network Indicators:
- Unusual POST/PUT requests to /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php with sportspress-related actions
- Requests to SportsPress API endpoints from unauthorized user roles
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND (uri_path="/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" AND action CONTAINS "sportspress") AND user_role!="administrator"🔗 References
- https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/sportspress/wordpress-sportspress-sports-club-league-manager-plugin-2-7-20-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
- https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/sportspress/wordpress-sportspress-sports-club-league-manager-plugin-2-7-20-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
