CyberRota Analysis
This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. It affects WordPress. Exploitation may require the attacker to be authenticated.
CVE
CVE-2024-8485
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
0.59%
WordPress
Original NVD Description
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.
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