BP Social Connect <= 1.5 - Authentication Bypass

Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel

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

CVE	CVE-2023-2704
CVSS	Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published	May 18, 2023
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	István Márton

Description

The BP Social Connect plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 1.5. This is due to insufficient verification on the user being supplied during a Facebook login through the plugin. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as any existing user on the site, such as an administrator, if they have access to the email.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	bp-social-connect (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 1.5
Patched Version	1.6.2

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