vBSSO-lite <= 1.4.3 - Missing Authorization to Privilege Escalation

2024-12-11 00:00

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Strategic Overview

Status

Unpatched

Affected PluginvBSSO-lite

Affected Version<= 1.4.3

CVSS9.8Critical

CVECVE-2024-54297

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Vulnerability Overview

The vBSSO-lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to elevate their privilege level and gain access to administrator accounts.

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-862 (Missing Authorization) The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-54297 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/531d57c4-404a-475e-842a-08425959e150

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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