CVE-2024-8485 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

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

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8