The Extensions by HocWP Team plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 0.2.3.2. This is due to missing validation on the user being supplied in the 'verify_email' action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as any existing user on the site, such as an administrator. The vulnerability is in the Account extension.
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Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000
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Mon, 28 Oct 2024 20:15:00 +0000
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:hocwp:extensions:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Sat, 26 Oct 2024 02:30:00 +0000
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| Description | The Extensions by HocWP Team plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 0.2.3.2. This is due to missing validation on the user being supplied in the 'verify_email' action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as any existing user on the site, such as an administrator. The vulnerability is in the Account extension. | |
| Title | Extensions by HocWP Team <= 0.2.3.2 - Authentication Bypass | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-288 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Wordfence
Published: 2024-10-26T01:58:38.105Z
Updated: 2024-10-28T19:29:08.451Z
Reserved: 2024-10-14T11:53:16.784Z
Link: CVE-2024-9930
Updated: 2024-10-28T19:29:00.528Z
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2024-10-26T03:15:04.553
Modified: 2024-10-28T13:58:09.230
Link: CVE-2024-9930
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