# 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.

- **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:** 16 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rq4q-7xvx-8f5w

## 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 (Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9305?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## 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](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11024/): AppPresser – Mobile App Framework <= 4.4.6 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Password Reset (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-4611](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4611/): AppPresser <= 4.3.2 - Improper Missing Encryption Exception Handling to Authentication Bypass (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2023-4214](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4214/): AppPresser <= 4.2.5 - Insecure Password Reset Mechanism (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2025-1561](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1561/): AppPresser – Mobile App Framework <= 4.4.10 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2024-32776](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-32776/): WordPress AppPresser plugin <= 4.3.0 - Broken Access Control vulnerability (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-9305 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9305 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: scottopolis AppPresser – Mobile App Framework. 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-2024-9305/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9305/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-9305
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9305
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-9305

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9305/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.