vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: login-as-users: CVE-2024-43982: Missing Authorization
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Aug 28, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | Apr 30, 2026 |
Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Aug 28, 2024
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026
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.
Solution
login-as-users-plugin-cve-2024-43982
References
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43982
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/88d9f0b1-040d-4f95-95dd-021ceb0cdb39?source=api-prod
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2024-40631
- CVE-2024-43982
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2024-43982
- CWE-862
- EUVD-EUVD-2024-40631
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