CWE-463

Deletion of Data Structure Sentinel

The accidental deletion of a data-structure sentinel can cause serious programming logic problems.

CVE-2024-13318 (GCVE-0-2024-13318)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-01-10 11:10
Modified
2025-01-10 14:50
CWE
  • CWE-463 - Deletion of Data Structure Sentinel
Summary
The Essential WP Real Estate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the cl_delete_listing_func() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary pages and posts.
Impacted products
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Mitigation

Phase: Architecture and Design

Description:

  • Use an abstraction library to abstract away risky APIs. Not a complete solution.
Mitigation ID: MIT-10

Phase: Build and Compilation

Strategy: Compilation or Build Hardening

Description:

  • Run or compile the software using features or extensions that automatically provide a protection mechanism that mitigates or eliminates buffer overflows.
  • For example, certain compilers and extensions provide automatic buffer overflow detection mechanisms that are built into the compiled code. Examples include the Microsoft Visual Studio /GS flag, Fedora/Red Hat FORTIFY_SOURCE GCC flag, StackGuard, and ProPolice.
Mitigation

Phase: Operation

Description:

  • Use OS-level preventative functionality. Not a complete solution.

No CAPEC attack patterns related to this CWE.

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