CVE-2024-9890

CVSS V2 None CVSS V3 None

Description

The User Toolkit plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 1.2.3. This is due to an improper capability check in the 'switchUser' 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-2024-9890

Assigner
Wordfence

Vulnerability Status
PUBLISHED

Published Version
2024-10-26T01:58:35.496Z

Last Modified Date
2024-10-26T01:58:35.496Z

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/805f18e2-9a5a-48cf-81f4-825da4bfd8ef?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-toolkit/tags/1.2.3/src/UserSwitch.php#L51
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3175190/user-toolkit#file5

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9890
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-9890

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2024-10-26 13:39:33				Added to TrackCVE