PixelYourSite – Your smart PIXEL (TAG) & API…: Improper Authentication
CVE-2024-7870 is a high-severity improper authentication vulnerability in PixelYourSite – Your smart PIXEL (TAG) & API Manager from PixelYourSite, with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5 out of 10. It can be exploited remotely over the network by an unauthenticated attacker, without any action from a user. Affected PixelYourSite – Your smart PIXEL (TAG) & API Manager versions: 9.7.1 and earlier. The record does not name a fixed version, so check the vendor advisory. There is no confirmed exploitation so far. EPSS estimates a 0.45% chance of exploitation within 30 days, which is low compared with other CVEs.
High severity with no evidence of exploitation so far.
What to do
- Check which version of PixelYourSite – Your smart PIXEL (TAG) & API Manager you run against the affected versions below, and install the vendor's latest release.
- Until you can update, restrict network access to the affected service so it is not reachable from untrusted networks.
Affected products and versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pixelyoursite | PixelYourSite – Your smart PIXEL (TAG) & API Manager | 9.7.1 and earlier | Not stated |
| Pixelyoursite | PixelYourSite Pro – Your smart PIXEL (TAG) Manager | 10.4.2 and earlier | Not stated |
| Pixelyoursite | pixelyoursite_pro | 10.4.2 and earlier | Not stated |
| Pixelyoursite | pixelyoursite | 9.7.1 and earlier | Not stated |
Version data comes from the organisation that assigned the CVE. Confirm against the vendor advisory before deciding you are unaffected.
How the severity score breaks down
- Attack vector
- NetworkCan be exploited remotely over a network, including the internet.
- Attack complexity
- LowNo special conditions are needed; the attack works reliably.
- Privileges required
- NoneNo account or login is needed.
- User interaction
- NoneNo action by a victim is required.
- Scope
- UnchangedImpact stays within the vulnerable component.
- Confidentiality
- HighAll data handled by the component can be read.
- Integrity
- NoneNothing can be modified.
- Availability
- NoneAvailability is not affected.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N. Scored by NVD.
| Scoring system | Score | Severity | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | 6.5 | Medium | CNA (wordfence.com) |
| CVSS 3.1 | 7.5 | High | NVD |
Official description
The PixelYourSite – Your smart PIXEL (TAG) & API Manager and the PixelYourSite PRO plugins for WordPress are vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 9.7.1 and 10.4.2, respectively, through publicly exposed log files. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to view potentially sensitive information contained in the exposed log files, and to delete log files.
Source: the CVE record as published by its numbering authority, via NVD and CVE.org.
The underlying weakness: Improper Authentication
When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.
How developers prevent this class of flaw
- Use an authentication framework or library such as the OWASP ESAPI Authentication feature.
Timeline
- CVE record published.
- CISA published its SSVC assessment (exploitation: none, automatable: yes, technical impact: partial).
- Record last changed materially (score, affected products, status or references).
References
Patches and release notes
Third-party and government advisories
Other references
Other vulnerabilities in PixelYourSite – Your smart PIXEL (TAG) & API Manager
- 7.2 High severity
Recent Improper Authentication vulnerabilities
- 9.8 Critical severity
- 9.8 Critical severity
- 8.1 High severity
- 8.8 High severity
- 8.1 High severity
- 7.5 High severity
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