Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-8794

Ba-Booking Ba Book Everything ≤ 1.6.21

Published
24 September 2024
Modified
26 September 2024
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v3.1 5.3
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0043 36th percentile
Risk Priority 44 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

Summary

CVE-2024-8794 is a medium-severity Unverified Password Change (CWE-620) vulnerability in Ba-Booking Ba Book Everything. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Account Manipulation (T1098); ranked at the 36th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to IA-11 (Re-authentication) and IA-5 (Authenticator Management) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A07:2025 Authentication Failures

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

The BA Book Everything plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary password reset in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.20. This is due to the reset_user_password() function not verifying a user's identity prior to setting a password. This makes…

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it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reset any user's passwords, including administrators. It's important to note that the attacker will not have access to the generated password, therefore, privilege escalation is not possible.

CWE(s)
CWE-620NVD-CWE-Other

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1098 Account Manipulation Persistence
Adversaries may manipulate accounts to maintain and/or elevate access to victim systems.
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T1098.001 Additional Cloud Credentials Persistence
Adversaries may add adversary-controlled credentials to a cloud account to maintain persistent access to victim accounts and instances within the environment.
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Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

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CVE-2024-32125Same product: Ba-Booking Ba Book Everything
CVE-2024-3672Same product: Ba-Booking Ba Book Everything
CVE-2025-1107Shared CWE-620
CVE-2025-59808Shared CWE-620
CVE-2023-4465Shared CWE-620
CVE-2024-9431Shared CWE-620

Affected Assets

ba-booking
ba book everything
≤ 1.6.21

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

IA-11 Re-authentication good match

Re-authentication explicitly requires users to prove identity before performing sensitive actions such as password changes.

IA-5 Authenticator Management good match

Authenticator management requires identity verification during password distribution and changes, directly stopping unverified password updates.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.AA-01 mostly match
prevents

Credential management practices directly enforce re-authentication for password changes.

PR.AA-03 mostly match
prevents

Authentication requirements include verifying identity before allowing credential modifications.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.5.17 Authentication information partial match
degrades

Requires secure management of authentication information, directly addressing the need to verify the original password before allowing a change.

A.8.5 Secure authentication partial match
prevents

Mandates secure authentication mechanisms, which include verifying existing credentials before permitting password changes.

References