Academist Membership <= 1.1.6 - Authentication Bypass via Account Takeover

2025-02-28 00:00

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Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.2

Affected PluginAcademist Membership

Affected Version<= 1.1.6

CVSS9.8Critical

CVECVE-2025-1671

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Vulnerability Overview

The Academist Membership plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.6. This is due to the academist_membership_check_facebook_user() function not properly verifying a user's identity prior to authenticating them. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as any user, including site administrators.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.2, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-288 (Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel) The product requires authentication, but the product has an alternate path or channel that does not require authentication.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-1671 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/911a9550-1f62-4f28-9d8c-00d9769949c9

CVSS Vector

9.8

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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