Homey Login Register <= 2.4.0 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation

2025-01-13 00:00

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Strategic Overview

Status

Unpatched

Affected PluginHomey Login Register

Affected Version<= 2.4.0

CVSS9.8Critical

CVECVE-2024-51888

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Vulnerability Overview

The Homey Login Register plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to elevate their privileges to that of an administrator.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement. --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-266 (Incorrect Privilege Assignment) A product incorrectly assigns a privilege to a particular actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-51888 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/29cbcbc9-a2a3-4518-a430-969ca76f9bda

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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