Login As Users <= 1.4.3 - Missing Authorization to Privielge Escalation via Account Takeover

Missing Authorization

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

CVE	CVE-2024-43982
CVSS	High (8.8)
Publicly Published	August 28, 2024
Last Updated	September 4, 2024
Researcher	Ananda Dhakal

Description

The Login As Users plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the gwslau_login_as_user_action() function in versions up to, and including, 1.4.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to log in as other users like site administrators.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	login-as-users (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 1.4.3
Patched Version	1.4.4

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