Account takeover via insufficient OAuth identity verification
Published Oct 16, 2024 · Updated Apr 8, 2026
Authentication bypass in Nextend Social Login Pro 3.1.14 and earlier allows remote attackers to take over accounts via WordPress.com OAuth. The WordPress.com provider insufficiently verifies the user returned by a social-login token before mapping that identity to an existing local account. Exploitation requires access to the victim's email address and no existing WordPress.com-linked account, and the resulting session inherits the victim's privileges.
Summary
What happened
Authentication bypass in Nextend Social Login Pro 3.1.14 and earlier allows remote attackers to take over accounts via WordPress.com OAuth. The WordPress.com provider insufficiently verifies the user returned by a social-login token before mapping that identity to an existing local account. Exploitation requires access to the victim's email address and no existing WordPress.com-linked account, and the resulting session inherits the victim's privileges.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-9893
- Published
- Oct 16, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Vendor
- Nextendweb
- Product
- Nextend Social Login Pro
- Classifications
- CWE-288, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 16, 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 <=3.1.14
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