{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9215 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9215 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"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."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2024-9215 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: 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.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9215 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9215/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9215/index.md)","id":"CVE-2024-9215","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9215/index.md","name":"CVE-2024-9215","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-9h89-9cwp-q9p5"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["account_takeover","privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WordPress plugin","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Authenticated attackers can update arbitrary user emails to reset passwords and take over accounts, including administrators, due to missing validation.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"auth_bypass"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Wordfence","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":8.8,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-639","name":"Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key"}],"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Auth bypass in Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors","id":"CVE-2024-9215","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"auth_bypass","year":"2024"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"Authentication Bypass in gaizhenbiao/ChuanhuChatGPT","id":"CVE-2024-9216"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Extra Product Options Builder for WooCommerce \u003c= 1.2.133 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting","id":"CVE-2024-9214"},"products":["Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors"],"published":"2024-10-17","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-04-08","vendors":["publishpress"]},"summary":"Authenticated attackers can update arbitrary user emails to reset passwords and take over accounts, including administrators, due to missing validation.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9215/"}