The The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of user names due to a missing capability check on the wpext_change_admin_name() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.8. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to change an admin's username to a username of their liking as long as the default 'admin' was used.
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-48951 The The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of user names due to a missing capability check on the wpext_change_admin_name() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.8. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to change an admin's username to a username of their liking as long as the default 'admin' was used.
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History

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 16:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wpextended
Wpextended wp Extended
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:wpextended:wp_extended:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Wpextended
Wpextended wp Extended

Wed, 04 Sep 2024 14:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 04 Sep 2024 07:00:00 +0000

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Description The The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of user names due to a missing capability check on the wpext_change_admin_name() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.8. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to change an admin's username to a username of their liking as long as the default 'admin' was used.
Title The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended <= 3.0.8 - Missing Authorization to Admin Username Change
Weaknesses CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-04T13:16:31.851Z

Reserved: 2024-08-23T14:40:34.473Z

Link: CVE-2024-8121

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-09-04T13:16:26.244Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-09-04T07:15:04.887

Modified: 2024-09-06T16:20:59.767

Link: CVE-2024-8121

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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