CVE-2024-9215
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
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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
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.
Reserved 2024-09-26 | Published 2024-10-17 | Updated 2024-10-17 | Assigner WordfenceCWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
| 2024-10-16: | Disclosed |
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www.wordfence.com/...-82e3-4988-9b23-370465a866c0?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...core/Classes/Author_Editor.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...-authors&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
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