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CVE-2024-2538: Permalink Manager <= 2.4.3.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated(Author+) Arbitrary Post Slug Modification

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 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: yes
• Published: 2024-03-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-639

Description

The Permalink Manager Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'ajax_save_permalink' function in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.3.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author access and above, to modify the permalinks of arbitrary posts.

Affected products

• mbis Permalink Manager Lite: before 2.4.3.2 — fixed in 2.4.3.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: mbis Permalink Manager Lite 2.4.3.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://gist.github.com/Xib3rR4dAr/b1eec00e844932c6f2f30a63024b404e
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3052848#file35
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/70cd028d-122d-4e3c-ac09-150dec07a2cd?source=cve
• https://gist.github.com/Xib3rR4dAr/b1eec00e844932c6f2f30a63024b404e
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3052848#file35
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/70cd028d-122d-4e3c-ac09-150dec07a2cd?source=cve

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