Vulnerability Instance

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    "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/50841?format=api",
    "vulnerability_id": "VCID-uag3-1p5v-bkfv",
    "summary": "The Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference to Privilege Escalation/Account Takeover in all versions up to, and including, 4.7.1 via the action_edited_author() due to missing validation on the 'authors-user_id' user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to update arbitrary user accounts email addresses, including administrators, which can then be leveraged to reset that user's account password and gain access.",
    "aliases": [
        {
            "alias": "CVE-2024-9215"
        }
    ],
    "fixed_packages": [],
    "affected_packages": [],
    "references": [
        {
            "reference_url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-9215",
            "reference_id": "",
            "reference_type": "",
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                }
            ],
            "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-9215"
        },
        {
            "reference_url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/publishpress-authors/tags/4.7.1/src/core/Classes/Author_Editor.php#L594",
            "reference_id": "Author_Editor.php#L594",
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                    "value": "8.8",
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                },
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                    "value": "Track",
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                }
            ],
            "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/publishpress-authors/tags/4.7.1/src/core/Classes/Author_Editor.php#L594"
        },
        {
            "reference_url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3169244%40publishpress-authors&new=3169244%40publishpress-authors&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file7",
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                },
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                }
            ],
            "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3169244%40publishpress-authors&new=3169244%40publishpress-authors&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file7"
        },
        {
            "reference_url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d0506137-82e3-4988-9b23-370465a866c0?source=cve",
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                }
            ],
            "url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d0506137-82e3-4988-9b23-370465a866c0?source=cve"
        }
    ],
    "weaknesses": [
        {
            "cwe_id": 639,
            "name": "Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key",
            "description": "The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data."
        }
    ],
    "exploits": [],
    "severity_range_score": "8.8 - 8.8",
    "exploitability": null,
    "weighted_severity": null,
    "risk_score": null,
    "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-uag3-1p5v-bkfv"
}