Social Login <= 5.9.0 - Authentication Bypass via Disqus OAuth provider
Strategic Overview
<= 5.9.0CVE-2024-10961Vulnerability Overview
The Social Login plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.0. This is due to insufficient verification on the user being returned by the social login token. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as any existing user on the site, such as an administrator, if they have access to the email and the user does not have an already-existing account for the service returning the token.
Technical Analysis
REMEDIATION: Update to version 5.10.0, 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
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