CVE-2024-9289 WordPress & WooCommerce Affiliate Program <= 8.4.1 - Authentication Bypass to Account Takeover and Privilege Escalation
Unauthenticated attackers can bypass authentication to log in as any user, including administrators, if they know the target's email address.
- 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-2024-9289?
CVE-2024-9289 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in RedefiningTheWeb WordPress & WooCommerce Affiliate Program, published on 1 Oct 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The WordPress & WooCommerce Affiliate Program plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in all versions up to, and including, 8.4.1. This is due to the rtwwwap_login_request_callback() function not properly validating a user's identity prior to authenticating them to the site. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as any user, including administrators, granted they have access to the administrator's email.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9289?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Redefiningtheweb Affiliate Pro.
How do I fix CVE-2024-9289?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9289 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-2024-9289 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9289 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4gvj-wfph-8c6j.