Vulnerability · Published Sep 25, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-8485REST API TO MiniProgram <= 4.7.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary User Email Update and Privilege Escalation via Account Takeover
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity authorization bypass via user-controlled key in REST API TO MiniProgram from xjb. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 48% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| xjb | REST API TO MiniProgram | 0 – through 4.7.1 |
Weakness: CWE-639 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b53066d3-2ff3-4460-896a-facd77455914?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/rest-api-to-miniprogram/tags/4.7.0/includes/api/ram-rest-weixin-controller.php#L264
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/rest-api-to-miniprogram/tags/4.7.6/includes/api/ram-rest-weixin-controller.php#L264