Strategic Overview
- Status
- Unpatched
- Affected Plugin
- Lock User Account
- Affected Version
<= 1.0.5- CVSS
- 4.2Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-693 · Protection Mechanism Failure
- CVE
CVE-2024-11197
At a glance
CVE-2024-11197 is a medium-severity Protection Mechanism Failure vulnerability in the Lock User Account WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.0.5. It carries a CVSS score of 4.2 (reachable over the network). No fixed release has been reported yet; treat installations running this software as exposed. Disclosed November 2024, reported by Francesco Carlucci.
Vulnerability Overview
The Lock User Account plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to user lock bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.5. This is due to permitting application password logins when user accounts are locked. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with existing application passwords, to interact with the vulnerable site via an API such as XML-RPC or REST despite their account being locked.
Technical Analysis
The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, and no interaction from a victim user.
CWE-693: Protection Mechanism Failure
The product does not use or incorrectly uses a protection mechanism that provides sufficient defense against directed attacks against the product.
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.
How does WordSec protect against this?
No patched version is recorded yet, so there is nothing to update to; WordSec's vulnerability alerts flag this record the moment that changes.
- Alerts
External References
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