CVE-2024-9988

CVSS V2 None CVSS V3 None

Description

The Crypto plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 2.15. This is due to missing validation on the user being supplied in the 'crypto_connect_ajax_process::register' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as any existing user on the site, such as an administrator, if they have access to the username.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2024-9988

Assigner
Wordfence

Vulnerability Status
PUBLISHED

Published Version
2024-10-29T16:31:29.682Z

Last Modified Date
2024-10-29T19:42:30.917Z

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/7bfe87cf-9883-4f8f-a0f5-23bbc7bb9b7c?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/crypto/tags/2.10/includes/class-crypto_connect_ajax_register.php#L91

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9988
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-9988

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2024-10-30 13:46:44				Added to TrackCVE