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Paper/Archive/CVE-2024-8485

CVE-2024-8485

xjb REST API TO MiniProgram — REST API TO MiniProgram <= 4.7.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary User Email Update and Privilege Escalation via Account Takeover

EPSS 0.6%CVSS 9.8
critical.is priorityof 100
39
CVSS 9.8 (CNA)9.8 / 10 × 3029.4Not in CISA KEV+300.0EPSS percentile 48.2.482 × 209.6No public exploit+100.0SSVC exploitation: none+100.0
Description · from the CVE record

The REST API TO MiniProgram plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeovr in all versions up to, and including, 4.7.1 via the updateUserInfo() due to missing validation on the 'openid' user controlled key that determines what user will be updated. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update arbitrary user's accounts, including their email to a @weixin.com email, which can the be leveraged to reset the password of the user's account, including administrators.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
REST API TO MiniProgram≤ 4.7.1–CNA
rest-api-to-miniprogram≤ 4.7.1–CISA-ADP

Scores by source

Wordfence (CNA)9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

References

refwordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b53066d3-2ff3-4460-896a-facd77455914?source=cverefplugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/rest-api-to-miniprogram/tags/4.7.0/includes/api/ram-rest-weixin-controller.php#L264refplugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/rest-api-to-miniprogram/tags/4.7.6/includes/api/ram-rest-weixin-controller.php#L264