CVE-2024-49325
📋 TL;DR
This vulnerability allows subscribers (low-privileged users) in WordPress to dismiss admin notices they shouldn't have access to, due to broken access control in the Photo Gallery Builder plugin. It affects WordPress sites using Photo Gallery Builder version 3.0 or earlier. The impact is limited to notice dismissal functionality.
💻 Affected Systems
- WordPress Photo Gallery Builder Plugin
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Subscribers could dismiss important security or maintenance notices intended only for administrators, potentially causing administrators to miss critical alerts.
Likely Case
Subscribers accidentally or intentionally dismiss non-critical admin notices, causing minor administrative inconvenience.
If Mitigated
Proper role-based access controls prevent subscribers from accessing any admin functionality, limiting impact to notice dismissal only.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires subscriber-level access. No public exploit code available.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: > 3.0
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'Photo Gallery Builder'. 4. Click 'Update Now' if update available. 5. Alternatively, download latest version from WordPress repository and replace plugin files.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Remove subscriber access
allTemporarily disable or remove subscriber user accounts until patch is applied.
Disable plugin
allDeactivate Photo Gallery Builder plugin if not essential.
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict role-based access controls using WordPress security plugins.
- Monitor admin notice dismissal logs for unauthorized subscriber activity.
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin > Plugins > Photo Gallery Builder version. If version is 3.0 or lower, system is vulnerable.Check Version:
wp plugin list --name=photo-gallery-builder --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify plugin version is greater than 3.0 in WordPress admin panel.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Subscriber users accessing admin notice dismissal endpoints
- Unauthorized POST requests to notice dismissal URLs
Network Indicators:
- HTTP POST requests to /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php with notice dismissal actions from subscriber IPs
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND (uri_path="/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" AND action="dismiss_notice" AND user_role="subscriber")