1-Click Login: Passwordless Authentication 1.4.5 - Authentication Bypass via Account Takeover

2024-10-25 00:00

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Strategic Overview

Status

Unpatched

Affected Plugin1-Click Login: Passwordless Authentication

Affected Version1.4.5

CVSS9.8Critical

CVECVE-2024-50478

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Vulnerability Overview

The 1-Click Login: Passwordless Authentication plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in version 1.4.5. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying a user's identity prior to authenticating them. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as other users, such as administrators, granted they have access to an email.

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-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-2024-50478 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/271b151c-5646-4206-a7db-739ac36a9fdd

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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