CVE-2024-9501 Wp Social Login and Register Social Counter <= 3.0.7 - Authentication Bypass via WordPress.com OAuth provider
Unauthenticated attackers can bypass authentication and log in as any existing user, including administrators, via the WordPress.com OAuth provider.
- 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-2024-9501?
CVE-2024-9501 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in roxnor Wp Social Login and Register Social Counter, published on 26 Oct 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Wp Social Login and Register Social Counter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.7. This is due to insufficient verification on the user being returned by the social login token. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as any existing user on the site, such as an administrator, if they have access to the email and the user does not have an already-existing account for the service returning the token.
Weakness: CWE-288
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9501?
How do I fix CVE-2024-9501?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9501 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-2024-9501 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9501 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fq3g-g86h-mhjv.