CVE-2024-9822
Published: 11 October 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-9822 is a critical-severity Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel (CWE-288) vulnerability in Pedalo Pedalo Connector. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 5.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
The Pedalo Connector plugin for WordPress is affected by an authentication bypass vulnerability in versions up to and including 2.0.5. The issue stems from insufficient access controls on the login_admin_user function, which is tracked under CWE-288 and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.8.
Unauthenticated attackers can exploit the flaw over the network to log in directly as the first user account on the site, which is typically an administrator account, or the first administrator account if the initial user is not an admin.
Public references from Wordfence and the WordPress plugin repository point to the vulnerable code path in class-pedalo_connector-public.php and indicate that sites should update beyond version 2.0.5 to remove the exposure. The EPSS score has remained flat at 0.1462 with no material increase observed after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-50144
Vulnerability details
The Pedalo Connector plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 2.0.5. This is due to insufficient restriction on the 'login_admin_user' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log to the first…
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user, who is usually the administrator, or if it does not exist, then to the first administrator.
- 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.