# CVE-2024-8485: Auth bypass in REST API TO MiniProgram

> Unauthenticated attackers can update arbitrary user emails to trigger password resets, leading to account takeover and privilege escalation.

- **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:** 25 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-563f-r8fh-rrgc

## What is CVE-2024-8485?

CVE-2024-8485 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in xjb REST API TO MiniProgram, published on 25 Sep 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The REST API TO MiniProgram plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeovr in all versions up to, and including, 4.7.1 via the updateUserInfo() due to missing validation on the 'openid' user controlled key that determines what user will be updated. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update arbitrary user's accounts, including their email to a @weixin.com email, which can the be leveraged to reset the password of the user's account, including administrators.

Weakness: CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8485?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Jianbo Rest Api to Miniprogram.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-8485?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8485 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-8485 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8485 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in xjb REST API TO MiniProgram

- [CVE-2024-8484](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8484/): REST API TO MiniProgram <= 4.7.1 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-8485 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-8485 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in xjb REST API TO MiniProgram, published on 25 Sep 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-2024-8485 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: xjb REST API TO MiniProgram. 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-2024-8485/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8485/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-8485
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8485
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-8485

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8485/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.