CVE-2024-9215 Auth bypass in Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors
Authenticated attackers can update arbitrary user emails to reset passwords and take over accounts, including administrators, due to missing validation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-9215?
CVE-2024-9215 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors, published on 17 Oct 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference to Privilege Escalation/Account Takeover in all versions up to, and including, 4.7.1 via the action_edited_author() due to missing validation on the 'authors-user_id' user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to update arbitrary user accounts email addresses, including administrators, which can then be leveraged to reset that user's account password and gain access.
Weakness: CWE-639
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9215?
How do I fix CVE-2024-9215?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9215 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2024-9215 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9215 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9h89-9cwp-q9p5.