High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jan 16, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2024-12614
CVE-2024-12614
Description
The Passwords Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'pms_save_setting' and 'post_new_pass' AJAX actions in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.8. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update the plugins settings and add passwords.
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Affected products
2- Range: <=1.4.8
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Patches
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References
3- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3221505/passwords-manager/trunk/include/pms-passwords-ajax-action.phpnvdPatch
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3221505/passwords-manager/trunk/include/pms-settings-ajax-action.phpnvdPatch
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/898c5554-fd02-47a2-a1f9-1c488cfab57envdThird Party Advisory
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