Backup and Staging by WP Time Capsule <= 1.22.20 - Authentication Bypass to Account Takeover

Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
CVE CVE-2024-38770
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published July 13, 2024
Last Updated August 9, 2024
Researcher Dave Jong
Description

The Backup and Staging by WP Time Capsule plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.22.20. This is due to wptc_decode_auth_token() function using a loose comparison. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass authentication and access user accounts, including those that may have administrative access. This vulnerability does require a site to have a connection to wptimecapsule.com in order to be exploited.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-time-capsule (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.22.20
Patched Version
  • 1.22.21
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