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CVE-2024-1108: Plugin Groups <= 2.0.6 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Denial of Service

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.2 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-02-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The Plugin Groups plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the admin_init() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change the settings of the plugin, which can also cause a denial of service due to a misconfiguration.

Affected products

• desertsnowman Plugin Groups: before 2.0.7 — fixed in 2.0.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: desertsnowman Plugin Groups 2.0.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3036754/plugin-groups/trunk/classes/class-plugin-groups.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8298f1fb-3165-40e3-9192-805a07c14cae?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3036754/plugin-groups/trunk/classes/class-plugin-groups.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8298f1fb-3165-40e3-9192-805a07c14cae?source=cve

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