Privilege escalation in Jeremieglotin Webo-Facto
CVE-2024-8853
The Webo-facto plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 1.40 due to insufficient restriction on the 'doSsoAuthentification' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to make themselves administrators by registering with a username that contains '-wfuser'.
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.006 (49.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 49th percentile — 49.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Jeremieglotin Webo-Facto — versions 0
- Medialibs Webo-Facto
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-8853?
- CVE-2024-8853 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Jeremieglotin Webo-Facto, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-09-20.
- How severe is CVE-2024-8853?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-8853 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.