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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-9501
CVE-2024-9501:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Wp Social Login and Register Social Counter plugin for WordPress contains an authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2024-9501) affecting all versions up to and including 3.0.7. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on October 26, 2024 (NVD CVE).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from insufficient verification of users being returned by the social login token. The issue has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-288 (Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel) (NVD CVE).
Impact
This vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to log in as any existing user on the site, including administrators, if they have access to the email and the user does not have an already-existing account for the service returning the token (NVD CVE).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users should update to version 3.0.8 or later of the Wp Social Login and Register Social Counter plugin. The fix was implemented in the WordPress plugin repository (WordPress Plugin).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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