CVE-2024-3237: ConvertPlug <= 3.5.25 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Arbitrary Options Update

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 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: 2024-05-04 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The ConvertPlug plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the cp_dismiss_notice() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.25. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to update arbitrary option values to true.

Affected products

Brainstorm Force ConvertPlus: through 3.5.25

References

https://www.convertplug.com/plus/product/convertplug/
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0cd72420-dca1-455d-92a6-a178b4b26eab?source=cve
https://www.convertplug.com/plus/product/convertplug/
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0cd72420-dca1-455d-92a6-a178b4b26eab?source=cve

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