Comments Plugin up to 7.6.24 on WordPress improper authentication

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Comments Plugin up to 7.6.24 on WordPress. This affects an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in improper authentication. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2024-9488. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Comments Plugin up to 7.6.24 on WordPress. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Comments – wpDiscuz plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in all versions up to, and including, 7.6.24. This is due to insufficient verification on the user being returned by the social login token. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as any existing user on the site, such as an administrator, if they have access to the email and the user does not have an already-existing account for the service returning the token.

It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-9488 since 10/03/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

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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• Comments Plugin

Version

• 7.6.0
• 7.6.1
• 7.6.2
• 7.6.3
• 7.6.4
• 7.6.5
• 7.6.6
• 7.6.7
• 7.6.8
• 7.6.9
• 7.6.10
• 7.6.11
• 7.6.12
• 7.6.13
• 7.6.14
• 7.6.15
• 7.6.16
• 7.6.17
• 7.6.18
• 7.6.19
• 7.6.20
• 7.6.21
• 7.6.22
• 7.6.23
• 7.6.24

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