The Webo-facto plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 1.40 due to insufficient restriction on the 'doSsoAuthentification' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to make themselves administrators by registering with a username that contains '-wfuser'.
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-49436 The Webo-facto plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 1.40 due to insufficient restriction on the 'doSsoAuthentification' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to make themselves administrators by registering with a username that contains '-wfuser'.
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

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History

Wed, 25 Sep 2024 18:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:medialibs:webo-facto:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

Fri, 20 Sep 2024 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Medialibs
Medialibs webo-facto
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:medialibs:webo-facto:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Medialibs
Medialibs webo-facto
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 20 Sep 2024 07:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Webo-facto plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 1.40 due to insufficient restriction on the 'doSsoAuthentification' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to make themselves administrators by registering with a username that contains '-wfuser'.
Title Webo-facto <= 1.40 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
Weaknesses CWE-269
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-20T17:32:55.404Z

Reserved: 2024-09-13T18:40:57.970Z

Link: CVE-2024-8853

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-09-20T17:32:49.147Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-09-20T08:15:11.493

Modified: 2024-09-25T17:49:25.653

Link: CVE-2024-8853

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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