FKIE_CVE-2024-9933

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-10-26 03:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 08:25
Severity
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
The WatchTowerHQ plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 3.10.1. This is due to the 'watchtower_ota_token' default value is empty, and the not empty check is missing in the 'Password_Less_Access::login' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in to the WatchTowerHQ client administrator user.
References
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/watchtowerhq/tags/3.9.6/src/Password_Less_Access.php#L56
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3177064/watchtowerhq#file2
security@wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/50349086-e7b0-4f73-8722-1367cc05180e?source=cve
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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