Unauthenticated Administrator access via return AJAX action
Published Jan 23, 2023 · Updated Apr 3, 2025
Privilege escalation in WP-Buy Login as User or Customer before 3.3 allows remote attackers to obtain a valid Administrator session. The loginas_return_admin AJAX action trusts the attacker-supplied loginas_old_user_id cookie and restores that account without verifying authorization. No account is required; setting the cookie to an administrator ID and invoking the action grants control of that WordPress account.
Summary
What happened
Privilege escalation in WP-Buy Login as User or Customer before 3.3 allows remote attackers to obtain a valid Administrator session. The loginas_return_admin AJAX action trusts the attacker-supplied loginas_old_user_id cookie and restores that account without verifying authorization. No account is required; setting the cookie to an administrator ID and invoking the action grants control of that WordPress account.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-4305
- Published
- Jan 23, 2023
- Updated
- Apr 3, 2025
- Vendor
- WP-Buy
- Product
- Login as User or Customer — User Switching
- Classifications
- CWE-269, T1078
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jan 23, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 3, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <3.3
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Public exploit references
- WPScan loginas_return_admin proof of conceptproof of concept · validated
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