CVE-2024-8911

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') (CWE-89)

Published: Oct 8, 2024 / Updated: 42d ago

On September 17, 2024, our Wordfence Threat Intelligence team identified and began the responsible disclosure process for two critical vulnerabilities in the LatePoint plugin, which is estimated to be actively installed on more than 7,000 WordPress websites. The LatePoint plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary User Password Change via SQL Injection in versions up to, and including, 5.0.11.

On September 17, 2024, our Wordfence Threat Intelligence team identified and began the responsible disclosure process for two critical vulnerabilities in the LatePoint plugin, which is estimated to be actively installed on more than 7,000 WordPress websites. The LatePoint plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary User Password Change via SQL Injection in versions up to, and including, 5.0.11.

In October, Qualys released QIDs targeting vulnerabilities in several widely used software products, including WordPress, Zohocorp ManageEngine Endpoint, Lobe Chat, Ivanti Virtual Traffic Manager (vTM), Traefik, Nginx Proxy Manager, Harbor, Haproxy, SolarWinds Access Rights Manager (ARM), Cacti, Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM), JetBrains TeamCity, Palo Alto Networks Expedition, Progress Telerik Report Server, Zimbra, Oracle WebLogic Server, Apache Solr, FlatPress CMS, pgAdmin, Grafana, pfSense, SolarWinds Web Help Desk, Ivanti Avalanche, ReCrystallize Server, Joomla!, and PHP. The QIDs released to detect the vulnerabilities in the frameworks above are listed below. Details about the following QIDs can be found in our knowledge base. Please review reports of the scanned applications for these detections and, if any are identified follow the steps provided in the knowledge base to ensure applications are protected against the reported vulnerabilities. QID Title 152202 Zohocorp ManageEngine Endpoint Central Incorrect Authorization Vulnerability (CVE-2024-38868) 152206 WordPress Delicious Recipe Plugin: Arbitrary File Movement and Reading Vulnerability (CVE-2024-7626) 152207 WordPress Simple Spoiler Plugin: Arbitrary Shortcode Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2024-8479) 152209 WordPress PropertyHive Plugin: Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability (CVE-2024-8490) 152210 WordPress Share This Image Plugin: Open Redirect Vulnerability (CVE-2024-8761) 152215 WordPress infolinks Ad Wrap Plugin: Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability (CVE-2024-8044) 152216 WordPress Bit File Manager Plugin:

Gitlab has released a security update to address a critical-severity vulnerability (CVE-2024-9164) in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 12.5 prior to 17.2.9, starting from 17.3, prior to 17.3.5, and starting from 17.4 prior to 17.4.2, which allows running pipelines on arbitrary branches. LatePoint plugin for WordPress has been updated to address two critical-severity vulnerabilities affecting versions up to and including 5.0.12.

CVE-2024-8911 (CVSS score 9.8) - Unauthenticated Arbitrary User Password Change - This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to change the password of any user, including administrator accounts, through a SQL injection exploit. CVE-2024-8943 (CVSS score 9.8) - Authentication Bypass - This flaw allows attackers to bypass authentication and access any user account, including those with administrative privileges, by exploiting weaknesses in the process_step_customer() function.

Critical Severity Description The LatePoint plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary User Password Change via SQL Injection in versions up to, and including, 5.0.11. This is due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change user passwords and potentially take over administrator accounts. Note that changing a WordPress user's password is only possible if the "Use WordPress users as customers" setting is enabled, which is disabled by default. Without this setting enabled, only the passwords of plugin customers, which are stored and managed in a separate database table, can be modified. Read more at https://www.tenable.com/cve/CVE-2024-8911

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in LatePoint Plugin up to 5.0.11 on WordPress. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Setting Handler . The manipulation leads to sql injection. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-8911 . The attack can be initiated remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.