CVE-2024-9890 User Toolkit <= 1.2.3 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Authentication Bypass
Authenticated subscribers can bypass authentication to log in as any user, including administrators, due to improper capability checks.
- 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-2024-9890?
CVE-2024-9890 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in deryck User Toolkit, published on 26 Oct 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The User Toolkit plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 1.2.3. This is due to an improper capability check in the 'switchUser' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to log in as any existing user on the site, such as an administrator. CVE-2024-50503 may be a duplicate.
Weakness: CWE-288
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9890?
How do I fix CVE-2024-9890?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9890 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-2024-9890 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9890 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wvxc-2969-v7x4.