CVE-2024-2297 – Bricks WordPress Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

CVE ID : CVE-2024-2297

Published : Feb. 27, 2025, 6:15 a.m. | 38 minutes ago

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.

Severity: 7.1 | HIGH

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