CVE-2024-9305 AppPresser – Mobile App Framework <= 4.4.4 - Privilege Escalation and Account Takeover via Weak OTP
Unauthenticated attackers can brute force weak OTPs to reset passwords and take over accounts, including administrators, in the AppPresser WordPress plugin.
- 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-2024-9305?
CVE-2024-9305 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in scottopolis AppPresser – Mobile App Framework, published on 16 Oct 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The AppPresser – Mobile App Framework plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 4.4.4. This is due to the appp_reset_password() and validate_reset_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
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9305?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Apppresser Apppresser.
How do I fix CVE-2024-9305?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9305 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-2024-9305 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9305 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in scottopolis AppPresser – Mobile App Framework
- CVE-2024-11024 AppPresser – Mobile App Framework <= 4.4.6 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Password Reset
- CVE-2024-4611 AppPresser <= 4.3.2 - Improper Missing Encryption Exception Handling to Authentication Bypass
- CVE-2023-4214 AppPresser <= 4.2.5 - Insecure Password Reset Mechanism
- CVE-2025-1561 AppPresser – Mobile App Framework <= 4.4.10 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- CVE-2024-32776 WordPress AppPresser plugin <= 4.3.0 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rq4q-7xvx-8f5w.