VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2024-9522

CVSS score8.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.48%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2024-10-10
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

The WP Users Masquerade plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 2.0.0. This is due to incorrect authentication and capability checking in the 'ajax_masq_login' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to log in as any existing user on the site, such as an administrator.

Weakness classification

  • security@wordfence.com: CWE-288
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-306

Primary references