CVE-2024-10245
Published: 12 November 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-10245 is a critical-severity Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel (CWE-288) vulnerability in Wordpress (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 2.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
The Relais 2FA plugin for WordPress is affected by an authentication bypass vulnerability in versions up to and including 1.0. The flaw arises from incorrect authentication and capability checking inside the rl_do_ajax function, which permits unauthorized access to account login flows.
Unauthenticated attackers who possess access to a target user's email address can exploit the issue to log in as any existing account on the site, including administrator accounts, without supplying valid credentials.
The current EPSS score of 0.3645, which reached a peak of 0.4486, reflects a material rise after disclosure and indicates emerging exploitation interest that warrants renewed attention by defenders.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-32994
Vulnerability details
The Relais 2FA plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 1.0. This is due to incorrect authentication and capability checking in the 'rl_do_ajax' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log…
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in as any existing user on the site, such as an administrator, if they have access to the email.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Authorizing remote access reduces the ability to bypass authentication via unauthorized alternate remote channels.
Users can identify logons via alternate paths or channels by reviewing the previous logon time.
Adaptive requirements can apply across access paths, reducing the ability to bypass authentication via alternate channels or paths.
Centralized IdPs close alternate authentication paths that enable bypass.
Enforces authentication for non-organizational users, making it harder to bypass via alternate paths or channels.
Requires authentication to occur exclusively over the isolated trusted path, directly preventing bypass via alternate or untrusted channels.