CVE-2024-4393 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Social Connect plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 1.2. This is due to insufficient verification on the OpenID server being supplied during the social login through the plugin. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as any existing user on the site, such as an administrator, if they have access to the email.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Wordpress	Wordpress

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References

Link	Providers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/social-connect/tags/1.2/openid/openid.php#L575
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2882d9dd-0c73-4c9a-99cb-d10900503103?source=cve

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2024-05-08T03:02:42.014Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T20:40:47.142Z

Reserved: 2024-05-01T16:02:35.514Z

Link: CVE-2024-4393

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T20:40:47.142Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-05-08T03:15:07.020

Modified: 2024-11-21T09:42:45.563

Link: CVE-2024-4393

Redhat

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