CVE-2024-50478
Published: 28 October 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-50478 is a critical-severity Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness (CWE-305) vulnerability in Swoopnow 1-Click Login\. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 3.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2024-50478 is an authentication bypass vulnerability caused by a primary weakness in the Swoop 1-Click Login: Passwordless Authentication WordPress plugin, specifically version 1.4.5. The flaw is tracked under CWE-305 and CWE-287 and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.8, reflecting network-exploitable improper authentication that can be triggered without credentials or user interaction.
An unauthenticated attacker can exploit the weakness over the network to bypass authentication controls entirely, obtaining full administrative access to the affected WordPress site and the ability to read, modify, or delete data at will.
The single available reference points to a Patchstack advisory entry that catalogs the broken-authentication issue in the 1.4.5 release; no further mitigation details such as patch instructions are supplied in the source material.
EPSS for the CVE rose from a low baseline to a peak of 0.4102 before settling at the current value of 0.2864, indicating that exploitation interest increased after public disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-44904
Vulnerability details
Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness vulnerability in Swoop 1-Click Login: Passwordless Authentication allows Authentication Bypass.This issue affects 1-Click Login: Passwordless Authentication: 1.4.5.
- 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.
Detects unauthorized successful logons resulting from improper authentication implementations.
Documented procedures ensure personnel are trained on authentication mechanisms, tangibly lowering the risk of improper authentication being exploited.
Security awareness training instructs users on secure authentication practices and avoiding credential compromise.
Training on authentication mechanisms and best practices decreases the occurrence of improper authentication.
Non-repudiation requires strong authentication mechanisms to irrefutably attribute performed actions to specific individuals or processes.
Session content review can reveal authentication bypasses or failures in session establishment.
Review of authentication-related audit records can detect improper authentication mechanisms or bypasses.
Assessments check authentication mechanisms for correct implementation and effectiveness, reducing successful authentication bypass attempts.