CVE-2024-49686
📋 TL;DR
CVE-2024-49686 is a missing authorization vulnerability in the Landing Page Cat WordPress plugin that allows attackers to perform unauthorized actions. This affects all WordPress sites running Landing Page Cat versions up to 1.7.4. The vulnerability enables privilege escalation or unauthorized data access.
💻 Affected Systems
- Fatcat Apps Landing Page Cat WordPress Plugin
⚠️ Manual Verification Required
This CVE does not have specific version information in our database, so automatic vulnerability detection cannot determine if your system is affected.
Why? The CVE database entry doesn't specify which versions are vulnerable (no version ranges provided by the vendor/NVD).
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- Review the CVE details at NVD
- Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
- Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
- Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Attackers could gain administrative privileges, modify site content, install malicious plugins/themes, or steal sensitive user data.
Likely Case
Unauthorized users could modify landing pages, inject malicious content, or access restricted plugin functionality.
If Mitigated
With proper access controls and network segmentation, impact would be limited to the WordPress instance only.
🎯 Exploit Status
Requires some level of user access but authorization checks are completely missing for certain functions.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 1.7.5 or later
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find Landing Page Cat and click 'Update Now'. 4. Verify version is 1.7.5 or higher.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable Plugin
allTemporarily disable the Landing Page Cat plugin until patched
wp plugin deactivate landing-page-cat
Restrict Access
linuxImplement IP-based restrictions to WordPress admin area
Add to .htaccess: Order Deny,Allow\nDeny from all\nAllow from 192.168.1.0/24
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict network segmentation to isolate WordPress instance
- Deploy web application firewall with authorization bypass rules
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel > Plugins > Landing Page Cat versionCheck Version:
wp plugin get landing-page-cat --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify plugin version is 1.7.5 or higher in WordPress admin📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unauthorized POST requests to landing-page-cat endpoints
- Multiple failed authorization attempts followed by successful unauthorized actions
Network Indicators:
- Unusual traffic patterns to /wp-content/plugins/landing-page-cat/ endpoints
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND "landing-page-cat" AND ("POST" OR "admin-ajax.php") AND NOT user_role="administrator"