CVE-2024-9488 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting all versions of the Comments – wpDiscuz plugin for WordPress up to and including 7.6.24. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to log in as any existing user, including administrators, by exploiting insufficient verification of social login tokens, provided they know the user's email and the user lacks an existing account with the social login service. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), the vulnerability has a network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed on the KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 7.6.25CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gvectors:wpdiscuz:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.