CVE-2024-9522

CVSS V2 None CVSS V3 None

Description

The WP Users Masquerade plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 2.0.0. This is due to incorrect authentication and capability checking in the 'ajax_masq_login' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to log in as any existing user on the site, such as an administrator.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2024-9522

Assigner
Wordfence

Vulnerability Status
PUBLISHED

Published Version
2024-10-10T02:06:06.456Z

Last Modified Date
2024-10-10T02:06:06.456Z

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-288	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/288.html

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4a4f0909-76f6-4d27-87b1-f6cd5f5cbbb7?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-users-masquerade/trunk/masquerade.php?rev=1703860#L162

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9522
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-9522

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2024-10-10 13:39:48				Added to TrackCVE