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GHSA-563F-R8FH-RRGC

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-09-25 03:30 – Updated: 2026-04-08 21:32

Details

The REST API TO MiniProgram plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeovr in all versions up to, and including, 4.7.1 via the updateUserInfo() due to missing validation on the 'openid' user controlled key that determines what user will be updated. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update arbitrary user's accounts, including their email to a @weixin.com email, which can the be leveraged to reset the password of the user's account, including administrators.

Severity ?

9.8 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2024-8485 (GCVE-0-2024-8485)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-09-25 02:05 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:17

Title

REST API TO MiniProgram <= 4.7.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary User Email Update and Privilege Escalation via Account Takeover

Summary

Severity ?

9.8 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-639 - Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

Assigner

Wordfence

References

URL

Tags

	https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
	https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/rest-a…
	https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/rest-a…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	xjb	REST API TO MiniProgram	Affected: 0 , ≤ 4.7.1 (semver)

Credits

wesley

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-563F-R8FH-RRGC

CVE-2024-8485 (GCVE-0-2024-8485)

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