Paper/Archive/CVE-2024-9933

CVE-2024-9933

watchtowerhq WatchTowerHQ — WatchTowerHQ <= 3.10.1 - Authentication Bypass to Administrator due to Missing Empty Value Check

EPSS 2%CVSS 9.8

critical.is priorityof 100

CVSS 9.8 (CNA)9.8 / 10 × 3029.4 Not in CISA KEV+300.0 EPSS percentile 80.7.807 × 2016.1 No public exploit+100.0 SSVC exploitation: none+100.0

Description · from the CVE record

The WatchTowerHQ plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 3.10.1. This is due to the 'watchtower_ota_token' default value is empty, and the not empty check is missing in the 'Password_Less_Access::login' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in to the WatchTowerHQ client administrator user.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource

WatchTowerHQ≤ 3.10.1–CNA

watchtower≤ 3.9.6–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/50349086-e7b0-4f73-8722-1367cc05180e?source=cve refplugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/watchtowerhq/tags/3.9.6/src/Password_Less_Access.php#L56 refplugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3177064/watchtowerhq#file2