# CVE-2024-13446: Workreap <= 3.2.5 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Account Takeover

> Unauthenticated attackers can take over arbitrary user accounts, including administrators, by bypassing identity validation during social auto-login or profile updates.

- **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:** 12 Mar 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jmq5-mqx2-5f5c

## What is CVE-2024-13446?

CVE-2024-13446 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in AmentoTech Workreap, published on 12 Mar 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Workreap plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.5. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to (1) performing a social auto-login or (2) updating their profile details (e.g. password). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to (1) login as an arbitrary user if their email address is known or (2) change an arbitrary user's password, including administrators, and leverage that to gain access to their account. NOTE: This vulnerability was partially fixed in version 3.2.5.

Weakness: CWE-288 (Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13446?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Amentotech Workreap.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-13446?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13446 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-13446 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13446 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in AmentoTech Workreap

- [CVE-2025-4973](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4973/): Workreap <= 3.3.1 - Authentication Bypass via 'workreap_verify_user_account' (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-24499](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24499/): Workreap theme < 2.2.2 - Unauthenticated Upload Leading to Remote Code Execution (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-5012](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5012/): Workreap <= 3.3.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload via 'workreap_temp_upload_to_media' (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-24500](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24500/): Workreap theme < 2.2.2 - Multiple CSRF + IDOR Vulnerabilities (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2021-24501](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24501/): Workreap theme < 2.2.2 - Missing Authorization Checks in Ajax Actions (high 8.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-13446 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-13446 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in AmentoTech Workreap, published on 12 Mar 2025. 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-2024-13446 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: AmentoTech Workreap. 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-2024-13446/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13446/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-13446
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13446
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-13446

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13446/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.