Authenticated Attackers Can Create New User Accounts with Administrator Role
CVE-2024-9941
Key Information:
- Vendor
WordPress
- Vendor
- CVE Published:
- 23 November 2024
What is CVE-2024-9941?
The WordPress Gym Management System plugin, known as WPGYM, exhibits a vulnerability that allows authenticated users with subscriber-level access and above to exploit a missing capability check within the MJ_gmgt_add_staff_member() function. This flaw can enable these users to create new user accounts with full administrator privileges. Such a security gap poses a significant risk, potentially leading to unauthorized access and control over the WordPress site, impacting overall site security and user data integrity.

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Affected Version(s)
WPGYM - Wordpress Gym Management System * <= 67.1.0
References
CVSS V3.1
Timeline
Vulnerability published