CVE-2024-8513: QA Analytics <= 4.1.1.1 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Settings Update

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 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: 2024-10-10 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The QA Analytics – Web Analytics Tool with Heatmaps & Session Replay Across All Pages plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the ajax_save_plugin_config() function in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.1.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the plugin's settings.

Affected products

QuarkA QA Analytics: through 4.1.0.0

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/qa-heatmap-analytics/trunk/class-qahm-admin-page-config.php#L801
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3174701/qa-heatmap-analytics/trunk/class-qahm-admin-page-config.php
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/15d29d58-9e28-4e18-aeb9-9c63cb308673?source=cve

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