CVE-2024-9930

CRITICAL EPSS 41.5%

Published Oct 26, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago

9.8 CVSS 3.1

Critical

Published Oct 26, 2024 1y ago

Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

The Extensions by HocWP Team plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 0.2.3.2. This is due to missing validation on the user being supplied in the 'verify_email' action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as any existing user on the site, such as an administrator. The vulnerability is in the Account extension.

CVSS Details

Base Score

9.8

Exploitability

3.9

Impact

5.9

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

User Interaction None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality High

Integrity High

Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability

41.5% percentile

Exploit & Patch Status

No Known Exploit

No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-288

References 2

plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sb-core/trunk/ext/account.php?rev=2715527#L374
wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ca3775db-0722-4090-924e-81e38d5dce97?source=cve

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.