CVE-2024-9522 is an authentication bypass vulnerability affecting the WP Users Masquerade plugin for WordPress, versions up to and including 2.0.0. This flaw allows authenticated users with subscriber-level permissions or higher to log in as any other user, including administrators, due to improper authentication and capability checks. Rated 8.8 HIGH on the CVSS scale, it presents a significant risk with low attack complexity and potential for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lagunaisw:wp_users_masquerade:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | ||
>= 0, <= 2.0.0CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:lagunaisw:wp_users_masquerade:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.