# CVE-2024-9947: ProfilePress - Pro <= 4.11.1 - Authentication Bypass via WordPress.com OAuth provider

> Unauthenticated attackers can bypass authentication via WordPress.com OAuth to log in as any existing user, including administrators, if they know the email address.

- **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:** 23 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5438-xrx8-q93j

## What is CVE-2024-9947?

CVE-2024-9947 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in ProfilePress Pro, published on 23 Oct 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The ProfilePress Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in all versions up to, and including, 4.11.1. 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-276 (Incorrect Default Permissions), CWE-287 (Improper Authentication)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9947?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Properfraction Profilepress.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-9947?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9947 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-9947 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9947 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in ProfilePress Pro

- [CVE-2021-34621](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-34621/): ProfilePress 3.0 - 3.1.3 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-34622](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-34622/): ProfilePress 3.0 - 3.1.3 - Authenticated Privilege Escalation (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-34623](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-34623/): ProfilePress 3.0 - 3.1.3 - Arbitrary File Upload in Image Uploader Component (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-34624](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-34624/): ProfilePress 3.0 - 3.1.3 - Arbitrary File Upload in File Uploader Component (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-41954](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-41954/): WordPress ProfilePress plugin <= 4.13.1 - Unauthenticated Limited Privilege Escalation vulnerability (high 8.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-9947 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-9947 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in ProfilePress Pro, published on 23 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-2024-9947 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: ProfilePress Pro. 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-2024-9947/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9947/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-9947
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9947
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-9947

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9947/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.