The Bricks theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.6.1. This is due to insufficient validation checks placed on the create_autosave AJAX function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to execute arbitrary PHP code with elevated (administrator-level) privileges. NOTE: Successful exploitation requires (1) the Bricks Builder to be enabled for posts (2) Builder access to be enabled for contributor-level users, and (3) "Code Execution" to be enabled for administrator-level users within the theme's settings.
History

Tue, 11 Mar 2025 20:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Bricksbuilder
Bricksbuilder bricks
Weaknesses NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:bricksbuilder:bricks:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Bricksbuilder
Bricksbuilder bricks

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:45:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 27 Feb 2025 05:30:00 +0000

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Description The Bricks theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.6.1. This is due to insufficient validation checks placed on the create_autosave AJAX function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to execute arbitrary PHP code with elevated (administrator-level) privileges. NOTE: Successful exploitation requires (1) the Bricks Builder to be enabled for posts (2) Builder access to be enabled for contributor-level users, and (3) "Code Execution" to be enabled for administrator-level users within the theme's settings.
Title Bricksbuilder <= 1.9.6.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Privilege Escalation via create_autosave
Weaknesses CWE-269
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2025-02-27T18:41:18.031Z

Reserved: 2024-03-07T18:05:08.201Z

Link: CVE-2024-2297

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-02-27T18:41:13.946Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-02-27T06:15:21.477

Modified: 2025-03-11T19:39:40.640

Link: CVE-2024-2297

cve-icon Redhat

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