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CVE-2024-12614: Passwords Manager <= 1.4.8 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Add Password + Update Encryption Key

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-01-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-89

Description

The Passwords Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'pms_save_setting' and 'post_new_pass' AJAX actions in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.8. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update the plugins settings and add passwords.

Affected products

• coder426 Passwords Manager: before 1.5.1 — fixed in 1.5.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: coder426 Passwords Manager 1.5.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3221505/passwords-manager/trunk/include/pms-passwords-ajax-action.php
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3221505/passwords-manager/trunk/include/pms-settings-ajax-action.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/898c5554-fd02-47a2-a1f9-1c488cfab57e?source=cve

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