Login as User or Customer < 1.8 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Plugin Installation/Activation

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2021-24195
CVSS High (8.8)
Publicly Published April 22, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Bugbang
Description

Low privileged users can use the AJAX action 'cp_plugins_do_button_job_later_callback' in the Login as User or Customer (User Switching) WordPress plugin before 1.8, to install any plugin (including a specific version) from the WordPress repository, as well as activate arbitrary plugin from then blog, which helps attackers install vulnerable plugins and could lead to more critical vulnerabilities like RCE.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug login-as-customer-or-user (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.8
Patched Version
  • 1.8
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