CVE-2024-9933 (GCVE-0-2024-9933)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-10-26 01:58 – Updated: 2026-04-08 16:52
VLAI
Title
WatchTowerHQ <= 3.10.1 - Authentication Bypass to Administrator due to Missing Empty Value Check
Summary
The WatchTowerHQ plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 3.10.1. This is due to the 'watchtower_ota_token' default value is empty, and the not empty check is missing in the 'Password_Less_Access::login' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in to the WatchTowerHQ client administrator user.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-28 16:33 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-288 - Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
Assigner
Wordfence CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 65/100 over 2250 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
watchtowerhq WatchTowerHQ Affected: 0 , ≤ 3.10.1 (semver)
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watchtowerhq watchtower Affected: 0 , ≤ 3.9.6 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:watchtowerhq:watchtower:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
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Credits
István Márton
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