CVE-2024-2538

Summary

CVE-2024-2538 is a vulnerability affecting the Permalink Manager Lite plugin for WordPress. The issue lies in the 'ajax_save_permalink' function, which lacks proper capability checks. This oversight allows authenticated attackers with author access or higher to manipulate permalinks on arbitrary posts, potentially leading to unauthorized data modification. It is recommended that users update to the latest version (2.4.3.2) or above, to mitigate this risk.

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