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GHSA-9H89-9CWP-Q9P5

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-10-17 03:31 – Updated: 2024-10-17 03:31

Details

The Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference to Privilege Escalation/Account Takeover in all versions up to, and including, 4.7.1 via the action_edited_author() due to missing validation on the 'authors-user_id' user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to update arbitrary user accounts email addresses, including administrators, which can then be leveraged to reset that user's account password and gain access.

Severity ?

8.8 (High)


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

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    },
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    },
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CVE-2024-9215 (GCVE-0-2024-9215)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-10-17 02:06 – Updated: 2024-10-17 16:15

Title

Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors <= 4.7.1 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary User Email Update and Account Takeover

Summary

Severity ?

8.8 (High)


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

CWE

CWE-639 - Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

Assigner

Wordfence

References

URL

Tags

	https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
	https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/publis…
	https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	publishpress	Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors	Affected: * , ≤ 4.7.1 (semver)

Credits

wesley

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-9H89-9CWP-Q9P5

CVE-2024-9215 (GCVE-0-2024-9215)

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