CVE-2024-9821 Information disclosure in Bot for Telegram on WooCommerce
Authenticated subscribers can disclose Telegram Bot tokens, enabling account takeover via the Login with Telegram feature.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-9821?
CVE-2024-9821 is a high-severity vulnerability in guruteam Bot for Telegram on WooCommerce, published on 12 Oct 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Bot for Telegram on WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to sensitive information disclosure due to missing authorization checks on the 'stm_wpcfto_get_settings' AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to view the Telegram Bot Token, a secret token used to control the bot, which can then be used to log in as any existing user on the site, such as an administrator, if they know the username, due to the Login with Telegram feature.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9821?
How do I fix CVE-2024-9821?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9821 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-9821 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9821 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cfvh-mr6h-3g8q.