Description
The WP Users Masquerade plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 2.0.0. This is due to incorrect authentication and capability checking in the 'ajax_masq_login' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to log in as any existing user on the site, such as an administrator.
Published: 2024-10-10
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-49985 The WP Users Masquerade plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 2.0.0. This is due to incorrect authentication and capability checking in the 'ajax_masq_login' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to log in as any existing user on the site, such as an administrator.
History

Tue, 15 Oct 2024 14:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-306
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:lagunaisw:wp_users_masquerade:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

Fri, 11 Oct 2024 21:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Lagunaisw
Lagunaisw wp Users Masquerade
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:lagunaisw:wp_users_masquerade:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Lagunaisw
Lagunaisw wp Users Masquerade
Metrics ssvc

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


Thu, 10 Oct 2024 02:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The WP Users Masquerade plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 2.0.0. This is due to incorrect authentication and capability checking in the 'ajax_masq_login' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to log in as any existing user on the site, such as an administrator.
Title WP Users Masquerade <= 2.0.0 - Authentication Bypass
Weaknesses CWE-288
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'}


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Lagunaisw Wp Users Masquerade
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2024-10-10T17:47:02.026Z

Reserved: 2024-10-04T12:12:14.456Z

Link: CVE-2024-9522

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-10-10T17:46:56.542Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-10-10T02:15:06.013

Modified: 2024-10-15T14:27:41.553

Link: CVE-2024-9522

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Weaknesses