CVE-2024-8121
published 2024-09-04CVE-2024-8121: The The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of user names due to a missing capability…
PriorityP421medium4.3CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRLUINSUCNILAN
EPSS
0.32%
24.0th percentile
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.
Affected
2 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| wpextended | the_ultimate_wordpress_toolkit_wp_extended | <= 3.0.8 | — |
| wpextended | wp_extended | < 3.0.9 | 3.0.9 |
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpextended/trunk/includes/modules/core_extensions/wpext_block_user_name_admin/wpext_block_user_name_admin.php#L49https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3145430%40wpextended%2Ftrunk&old=3134345%40wpextended%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f3d08ac9-22f7-45f4-9896-05b90f5fce64?source=cve
2024-09-04
Published