# CVE-2024-12287: Biagiotti Membership <= 1.0.2 - Authentication Bypass via biagiotti_membership_check_facebook_user

> Unauthenticated attackers can log in as other users, including administrators, if they know the target's email address.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-79f6-44f9-wh5p

## What is CVE-2024-12287?

CVE-2024-12287 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Mikado-Themes Biagiotti Membership, published on 18 Dec 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Biagiotti Membership plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.2. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying a user's identity prior to authenticating them. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as other users, such as administrators, granted they have access to an email.

Weakness: CWE-287 (Improper Authentication)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12287?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-12287?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12287 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-12287 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12287 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-12287 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-12287 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Mikado-Themes Biagiotti Membership, published on 18 Dec 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12287 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Mikado-Themes Biagiotti Membership. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12287/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12287/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12287
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12287
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-12287

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12287/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.