CVE-2024-13771
Published: 14 March 2025
Summary
CVE-2024-13771 is a critical-severity Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel (CWE-288) vulnerability in Uxper Civi. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 5.8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and IA-5 (Authenticator Management).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2024-13771 is an authentication bypass vulnerability affecting the Civi - Job Board & Freelance Marketplace WordPress Theme plugin for WordPress in all versions up to and including 2.1.4. The issue stems from a lack of user validation before changing a password, allowing attackers to reset passwords without proper authentication checks. It has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) and is associated with CWE-288 and CWE-306.
Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely over the network with low complexity and no privileges required. If an attacker knows the username of a target user, including administrators, they can change that user's password, potentially gaining full account takeover and control over the WordPress site.
Advisories and further details are available from Wordfence at https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5ab2c74d-b83b-40ea-951c-83aeb76a7515?source=cve and the plugin's ThemeForest page at https://themeforest.net/item/civi-job-board-wordpress-theme/42770817. The vulnerability was published on 2025-03-14.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-54060
Vulnerability details
The Civi - Job Board & Freelance Marketplace WordPress Theme plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.4. This is due to a lack of user validation before changing a password. This…
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makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change the password of arbitrary users, including administrators, if the attacker knows the username of the victim.
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Why these techniques?
Authentication bypass in public-facing WordPress plugin enables remote unauthenticated exploitation for initial access and account takeover.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Requires verifying the identity of users before reissuing authenticators like passwords, directly preventing unauthenticated password changes for arbitrary users.
Enforces approved access control policies to block unauthorized logical access to privileged functions such as changing other users' passwords.
Mandates timely identification, prioritization, and remediation of flaws like this authentication bypass vulnerability through patching or removal of the affected plugin.