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GHSA-563F-R8FH-RRGC

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-09-25 03:30 – Updated: 2026-04-08 21:32

Details

The REST API TO MiniProgram plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeovr in all versions up to, and including, 4.7.1 via the updateUserInfo() due to missing validation on the 'openid' user controlled key that determines what user will be updated. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update arbitrary user's accounts, including their email to a @weixin.com email, which can the be leveraged to reset the password of the user's account, including administrators.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


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

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CVE-2024-8485 (GCVE-0-2024-8485)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-09-25 02:05 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:17

Title

REST API TO MiniProgram <= 4.7.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary User Email Update and Privilege Escalation via Account Takeover

Summary

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-09-25 13:24 UTC

CWE

CWE-639 - Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

Assigner

Wordfence mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/rest-a…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/rest-a…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
xjb	REST API TO MiniProgram	Affected: 0 , ≤ 4.7.1 (semver)
jianbo	rest-api-to-miniprogram	Affected: 0 , ≤ 4.7.1 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:jianbo:rest-api-to-miniprogram::::::::

Credits

wesley

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