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.
History

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 17:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Publishpress
Publishpress authors
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:publishpress:authors:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Publishpress
Publishpress authors
Metrics ssvc

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


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Type Values Removed Values Added
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
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon 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

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-10-17T16:14:59.752Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-10-17T02:15:02.977

Modified: 2024-10-18T12:53:04.627

Link: CVE-2024-9215

cve-icon Redhat

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