The Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference to Privilege Escalation/Account Takeover in all versions up to, and including, 4.7.1 via the action_edited_author() due to missing validation on the 'authors-user_id' user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to update arbitrary user accounts email addresses, including administrators, which can then be leveraged to reset that user's account password and gain access.
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Description | The Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference to Privilege Escalation/Account Takeover in all versions up to, and including, 4.7.1 via the action_edited_author() due to missing validation on the 'authors-user_id' user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to update arbitrary user accounts email addresses, including administrators, which can then be leveraged to reset that user's account password and gain access. | |
Title | Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors <= 4.7.1 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary User Email Update and Account Takeover | |
Weaknesses | CWE-639 | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Wordfence
Published: 2024-10-17T02:06:04.689Z
Updated: 2024-10-17T16:15:04.518Z
Reserved: 2024-09-26T16:03:28.660Z
Link: CVE-2024-9215
Vulnrichment
Updated: 2024-10-17T16:14:59.752Z
NVD
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2024-10-17T02:15:02.977
Modified: 2024-10-18T12:53:04.627
Link: CVE-2024-9215
Redhat
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