CVE-2024-8853

CRITICAL 9.8

Webo-facto <= 1.40 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation

CVSS Score

9.8

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

The Webo-facto plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 1.40 due to insufficient restriction on the 'doSsoAuthentification' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to make themselves administrators by registering with a username that contains '-wfuser'.

CWE	CWE-269
Vendor	jeremieglotin
Product	webo-facto
Published	Sep 20, 2024
Last Updated	Apr 8, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Integrity

Availability

Affected Versions

jeremieglotin / Webo-facto

0 ≤ 1.40

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c1280ceb-9ce8-47fc-8fd3-6af80015dea9?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/webo-facto-connector/tags/1.40/WeboFacto/Sso.php#L78 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3153062/webo-facto-connector

Credits

István Márton