VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2024-8121

CVSS score5.4 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.32%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2024-09-04
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Description

The The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of user names due to a missing capability check on the wpext_change_admin_name() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.8. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to change an admin's username to a username of their liking as long as the default 'admin' was used.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-862: Missing Authorization

Primary references