Account takeover via unverified Google login email
Published May 16, 2023 · Updated Apr 8, 2026
Authentication bypass in EventPrime Events RegistrationMagic 5.2.1.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to access any existing account. The Google social-login path uses a supplied email address to select a WordPress user without sufficiently verifying that the Google identity owns that address. Google login must be enabled and the target email known; a successful request issues a session for that user, including an administrator.
Summary
What happened
Authentication bypass in EventPrime Events RegistrationMagic 5.2.1.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to access any existing account. The Google social-login path uses a supplied email address to select a WordPress user without sufficiently verifying that the Google identity owns that address. Google login must be enabled and the target email known; a successful request issues a session for that user, including an administrator.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-2499
- Published
- May 16, 2023
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Vendor
- EventPrime Events
- Product
- RegistrationMagic
- Classifications
- CWE-287, CWE-288, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 16, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 8, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=5.2.1.0
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