CVE-2024-8853

CRITICAL

9.8

Description

The Webo-facto plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 1.40 due to insufficient restriction on the 'doSsoAuthentification' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to make themselves administrators by registering with a username that contains '-wfuser'.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.8

SeverityCRITICAL

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published9/20/2024

Last Modified9/25/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

medialibs:webo-facto

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-269

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/webo-facto-connector/tags/1.40/WeboFacto/Sso.php#L78(security@wordfence.com)

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3153062/webo-facto-connector(security@wordfence.com)

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c1280ceb-9ce8-47fc-8fd3-6af80015dea9?source=cve(security@wordfence.com)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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