CVE-2024-10520: CWE-862 Missing Authorization in wedevs WP Project Manager – Task, team, and project management plugin featuring kanban board and gantt charts
The WP Project Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check in the 'check' method of the 'Create_Milestone', 'Create_Task_List', 'Create_Task', and 'Delete_Task' classes in version 2.6.14. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create milestones, create task lists, create tasks, or delete tasks in any project. NOTE: Version 2.6.14 implemented a partial fix for this vulnerability.
CVE-2024-10520: CWE-862 Missing Authorization in wedevs WP Project Manager – Task, team, and project management plugin featuring kanban board and gantt charts
Description
The WP Project Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check in the 'check' method of the 'Create_Milestone', 'Create_Task_List', 'Create_Task', and 'Delete_Task' classes in version 2.6.14. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create milestones, create task lists, create tasks, or delete tasks in any project. NOTE: Version 2.6.14 implemented a partial fix for this vulnerability.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2024-10-29T23:15:27.952Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 699f6df4b7ef31ef0b59154e
Added to database: 2/25/2026, 9:47:32 PM
Last updated: 2/26/2026, 6:57:45 AM
Views: 1
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