Is CVE-2024-8853 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2024-8853 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2024-8853?

CVE-2024-8853 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2024-8853?

CVE-2024-8853 has an EPSS score of 0.64% (46th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2024-8853?

Upgrade webo-facto to 1.41 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-8853

CRITICAL

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The Webo-facto plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 1.40 due to insufficient restriction on the 'doSsoAuthentification' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to make themselves administrators by registering with a username that contains '-wfuser'.

CWE-269Improper Privilege Management

How to fix

Remediation Available

webo-factoNVD

Affected:< 1.41Fixed in:1.41CVE-2024-8853derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.64%probability of exploitation in 30 days

46thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 46% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

plugins.trac.wordpress.org

Third-Party Advisory1

wordfence.com

Product1

plugins.trac.wordpress.org

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2017-12635	Critical	9.8	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-24637	Critical	9.8	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2017-5689	Critical	9.8	92%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-3243	Critical	9.8	88%	-	-
CVE-2024-21888	High	8.8	87%	-	-
CVE-2022-0441	Critical	9.8	85%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-09-25.