CVE-2024-8269 MStore API – Create Native Android & iOS Apps On The Cloud <= 4.15.3 - Unauthorized User Registration

High 7.3 Published Updated

Unauthenticated attackers can create user accounts on WordPress sites using the MStore API plugin, even when registration is disabled.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-8269?

CVE-2024-8269 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in inspireui MStore API – Create Native Android & iOS Apps On The Cloud, published on 13 Sep 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The MStore API – Create Native Android & iOS Apps On The Cloud plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized user registration in all versions up to, and including, 4.15.3. This is due to the plugin not checking that user registration is enabled prior to creating a user account through the register() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create user accounts on sites, even when user registration is disabled and plugin functionality is not activated.

Weakness: CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8269?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Inspireui Mstore Api.

How do I fix CVE-2024-8269?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8269 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2024-8269 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8269 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-g7fv-v867-rmwj.

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