Unauthenticated account takeover via unverified Facebook login data
Published Feb 18, 2025 · Updated Apr 29, 2026
Authentication bypass in SeventhQueen K Elements before 5.4.0 allows remote attackers to take over any WordPress account via its email address. The kleo_fb_intialize function trusts attacker-controlled FB_userdata fields, looks up the supplied email, and passes the resulting user ID to wp_set_auth_cookie without verifying a Facebook access token. No authentication or user interaction is required, but the target account's email address must be known; successful exploitation grants that account's WordPress privileges.
Summary
What happened
Authentication bypass in SeventhQueen K Elements before 5.4.0 allows remote attackers to take over any WordPress account via its email address. The kleo_fb_intialize function trusts attacker-controlled FB_userdata fields, looks up the supplied email, and passes the resulting user ID to wp_set_auth_cookie without verifying a Facebook access token. No authentication or user interaction is required, but the target account's email address must be known; successful exploitation grants that account's WordPress privileges.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-56000
- Published
- Feb 18, 2025
- Updated
- Apr 29, 2026
- Vendor
- SeventhQueen
- Product
- K Elements
- Classifications
- CWE-266, T1078
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 18, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 29, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=5.4.0 changes=[{"at":"5.4.0","status":"unaffected"}]
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