CVE-2024-12616 - CVE House

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Status published Medium CVE-2024-12616

Bitly's WordPress Plugin <= 2.7.3 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Settings Update

4.3 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

The Bitly's WordPress Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on several AJAX actions in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update and retrieve plugin settings.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

Lucio Sá

References

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Affected Vendor

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Affected Software

Bitly's WordPress Plugin

Vulnerable Versions:

0

Timeline

Official Publish: January 9th, 2025

Last Modified: April 8th, 2026

Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

Privilege Escalation

T1078 Valid Accounts

T1531 Account Access Removal