CVE-2024-1371: LeadConnector <= 1.7 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post Deletion

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-04-30 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The LeadConnector plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification & loss of data due to a missing capability check on the lc_public_api_proxy() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.7. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary posts. CVE-2024-34378 is likely a duplicate of this issue.

Affected products

WordPress Leadconnector: through 1.7

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/leadconnector/trunk/admin/class-lc-admin.php#L519
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3075667%40leadconnector&new=3075667%40leadconnector&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/79e786ce-a3eb-40df-8dad-4c9c75243bec?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/leadconnector/trunk/admin/class-lc-admin.php#L519
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3075667%40leadconnector&new=3075667%40leadconnector&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/79e786ce-a3eb-40df-8dad-4c9c75243bec?source=cve

Get alerted when CVE-2024-1371 or the next vulnerability affects your stack