Account takeover via insufficient OAuth identity verification
Published Oct 26, 2024 · Updated Apr 8, 2026
Authentication bypass in Roxnor Wp Social Login and Register Social Counter 3.0.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to hijack existing accounts. The WordPress.com OAuth path insufficiently verifies that the user returned by a social login token matches the existing WordPress account selected by email. Exploitation requires the target email address and no existing WordPress.com-provider association for that user, but an administrator account can be reached.
Summary
What happened
Authentication bypass in Roxnor Wp Social Login and Register Social Counter 3.0.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to hijack existing accounts. The WordPress.com OAuth path insufficiently verifies that the user returned by a social login token matches the existing WordPress account selected by email. Exploitation requires the target email address and no existing WordPress.com-provider association for that user, but an administrator account can be reached.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-9501
- Published
- Oct 26, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Vendor
- Roxnor
- Product
- Wp Social Login and Register Social Counter
- Classifications
- CWE-288, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 26, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 8, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=3.0.7
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