# CVE-2024-9302: Auth bypass in App Builder – Create Native Android & iOS Apps On The Flight

> Unauthenticated attackers can brute force weak OTPs to reset passwords and escalate privileges to administrator in the App Builder WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/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 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2m59-x3qc-r6mm

## What is CVE-2024-9302?

CVE-2024-9302 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in appcheap App Builder – Create Native Android & iOS Apps On The Flight, published on 25 Oct 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The App Builder – Create Native Android & iOS Apps On The Flight plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 5.3.7. This is due to the verify_otp_forgot_password() and update_password() functions not having enough controls to prevent a successful brute force attack of the OTP to change a password, or verify that a password reset request came from an authorized user. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to generate and brute force an OTP that makes it possible to change any users passwords, including an administrator.

Weakness: CWE-640 (Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9302?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Appcheap App Builder.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-9302?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9302 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-9302 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9302 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in appcheap App Builder – Create Native Android & iOS Apps On The Flight

- [CVE-2024-7651](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7651/): SQL injection in App Builder – Create Native Android & iOS Apps On The Flight (medium 5.6)
- [CVE-2024-31282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31282/): WordPress App Builder plugin <= 3.8.7 - Open Redirection vulnerability (medium 4.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-9302 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-9302 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in appcheap App Builder – Create Native Android & iOS Apps On The Flight, published on 25 Oct 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-2024-9302 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: appcheap App Builder – Create Native Android & iOS Apps On The Flight. 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-2024-9302/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9302/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-9302
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9302
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-9302

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9302/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.