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Plain-English summary
CVE-2024-49698 is a medium-severity access-control flaw in the WordPress “Best Restaurant Menu by PriceListo” plugin up to version 1.4.2. A logged-in user may be able to perform actions they should not be authorized to perform. The public record does not indicate active exploitation.
Executive priority
Address during the next regular WordPress maintenance cycle, sooner for sites with many contributor, author, customer, or other low-privileged accounts. The business risk is unauthorized modification rather than data theft or outage, based on current public scoring.
Technical view
The issue is CWE-862 Missing Authorization in package best-restaurant-menu-by-pricelisto, affecting versions through 1.4.2. CVSS 3.1 is 4.3: network-accessible, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction, limited integrity impact, no confidentiality or availability impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to WordPress sites with the affected PriceListo restaurant menu plugin installed and enabled, especially where untrusted or lower-privileged users have accounts. Sites without this plugin are not affected based on the provided sources.
Exploitation context
The CVSS vector requires an authenticated, low-privileged user. The vulnerability is broken access control, so realistic impact is unauthorized changes or actions within plugin functionality. No KEV listing or cited source reports active exploitation.
Researcher notes
Public data is sparse. The record identifies missing authorization but does not describe the vulnerable endpoint, exact action, proof of concept, or fixed version. Avoid assuming exploitability beyond authenticated low-privilege access and limited integrity impact.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory WordPress sites for the best-restaurant-menu-by-pricelisto plugin.
- Check plugin version; treat versions through 1.4.2 as affected.
- Review vendor, WordPress, or Patchstack guidance for an available fixed release.
- Disable or remove the plugin if it is not required.
- Limit untrusted user accounts until remediation is confirmed.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether the plugin is installed and active on each WordPress site.
- Record installed plugin version and compare against affected versions through 1.4.2.
- Review site roles for low-privileged users who can access plugin features.
- Check application logs for unexpected plugin-related changes by non-admin users.
- Revalidate after update, removal, or compensating access-control changes.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 4.3 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N2.81.4PatchstackVulnerability scoring details
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4.3MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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Missing Authorization
Missing Authorization represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.