CVE-2024-9215 - WordPress PublishPress Authors Authentication Bypass

CVE ID : CVE-2024-9215
Published : Oct. 17, 2024, 2:15 a.m. | 24 minutes ago
Description : The Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference to Privilege Escalation/Account Takeover in all versions up to, and including, 4.7.1 via the action_edited_author() due to missing validation on the 'authors-user_id' user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to update arbitrary user accounts email addresses, including administrators, which can then be leveraged to reset that user's account password and gain access.
Severity: 8.8 | HIGH
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