Description

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.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-9488

CVSS Base Severity: CRITICAL

CVSS Base Score: 9.8

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor: advancedcoding

Product: Comments – wpDiscuz

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.76% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 71.03% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-03-20 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b71706a7-e101-4d50-a2da-1aeeaf07cf4b?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpdiscuz/trunk/forms/wpdFormAttr/Login/SocialLogin.php
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3164486/

Timeline