publishpress Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box Plugin action_edited_author authorization

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A vulnerability was found in publishpress Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box Plugin up to 4.7.1 on WordPress. It has been classified as critical. The impacted element is the function action_edited_author. This manipulation causes authorization. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2024-9215. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability has been found in publishpress Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box Plugin up to 4.7.1 on WordPress and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function action_edited_author. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-639. The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was published by Wesley. The advisory is shared at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-9215 since 09/26/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/17/2024).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• publishpress

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• Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box Plugin

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• 4.7.0
• 4.7.1

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