CVE-2024-33550 (GCVE-0-2024-33550)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-05-17 08:17 – Updated: 2026-04-28 16:09
VLAI
Title
WordPress WP Masquerade plugin <= 1.1.0 - Authenticated Account Takeover vulnerability
Summary
Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in JR King/Eran Schoellhorn WP Masquerade allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects WP Masquerade: from n/a through 1.1.0.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-05-17 17:12 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
JR King/Eran Schoellhorn WP Masquerade Affected: n/a , ≤ 1.1.0 (custom)
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Credits
Rafie Muhammad (Patchstack)
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